Subspecies Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) conica conica (Denny, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Docophorus conicus Denny, H. 1842. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae. London : Henry G. Bohn xxiv 262 pp. pls 1-26. [45, 90].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Docophorus fuliginosus hawaiiensis Kellogg, V.L. & Chapman, B.L. 1902. Mallophaga from birds of the Hawaiian Islands. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10: 155-169 pls 13-15 [157].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Kahului, Maui Is., Hawaii.

  Type locality references:

  Watt, J.C. 1971. Ectoparasitic insects of birds and mammals of the Kermadec Islands. Notornis 18(4): 227-244 [238] (for restriction of type host).

  Type host:

   Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789)
• Philopterus wallacei Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A collection of Mallophaga from the Kermadecs. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 44: 363-373 [369].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ ♂, Kermadec Ils, New Zealand.

  Type host:

   Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789)
• Philopterus numeniicola Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A collection of Mallophaga from the Kermadecs. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 44: 363-373 [372].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MONZ ♀.
  Paralectotype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀ (lost).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Palma, R.L. in Palma, R.L. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Phthiraptera. pp. 81-247, 333-361, 373-376 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xiii 418 pp. [220].

  Type host:

   Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scopoli, 1786) (Saemundssonia conica conica is found regularly only on species of Pluvialis, therefore the types of Philopterus numeniicola are regarded as stragglers or contaminants by <8217>)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Emerson, K.C. 1972. Checklist of the Mallophaga of North America (North of Mexico). Suborder Ischnocera. Dugway (Utah) : Deseret Test Center Part 1 200 pp. [155]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Host record only.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin, 1789) [CHARADRIIDAE] Pacific Golden Plover).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

General References

Murray, M.D., Palma, R.L. & Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1993. Ectoparasites of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. pp. 959-962 in Marchant, S. & Higgins, P.J. (eds). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Melbourne : Oxford University Press Vol. 2. [962] (Australasian record)

Timmermann, G. 1977. Mallophagologische Kollektaneen. 3. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 28(1/2): 135-140 [135] (systematics)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	Phthiraptera	15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Alice Wells (ABRS)
28-Sep-2022	Phthiraptera	26-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
18-Apr-2016	PHILOPTERIDAE	15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED