Species Rallicola irediparrae Price & Emerson, 1987

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• Rallicola (Parricola) irediparrae Price, R.D. & Emerson, K.C. 1987. A new species of Rallicola, subgenus Parricola (Mallophaga: Philopteridae), from the lotus bird (Charadriiformes: Jacanidae) in New Guinea. Journal of Medical Entomology 24(3): 279-281 [279].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 13591 ♂, Soputa River, Northern Province, New Guinea.
  Paratype(s) BPBM 22♂ 10♀ (paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, OSUS, EFWM, BMNH); USNM 22♂ 10♀ (paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, OSUS, EFWM, BMNH); OSUS 22♂ 10♀ (paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, OSUS, EFWM, BMNH); EFWM 22♂ 10♀ (paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, OSUS, EFWM, BMNH); BMNH 22♂ 10♀ (paratype series split between BPBM, USNM, OSUS, EFWM, BMNH).

  Type host:

   Irediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Irediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828) [JACANIDAE] Comb-crested Jacana).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

History of changes