Subspecies Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) conica naumanni (Giebel, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Docophorus naumanni Giebel, C.G.A. 1874. Insecta epizoa. Die auf Säugetieren und Vögeln schmarotzenden Insecten nach Chr. L. Nitzsch's Nachlass bearbeitet. Leipzig : O. Wiegand xvi 308 pp. pls 1-20. [100].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (probably lost), locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Secondary source:

   Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [334].
• Docophorus fuliginosus Kellogg, V.L. 1896. New Mallophaga, I, - with special reference to a collection made from maritime birds of the Bay of Monterey, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2 6: 31-168 pls 2-15 [80].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) EMUC, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.

  Type host:

   Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)

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. [156]

Distribution

States

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

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) [CHARADRIIDAE] Grey Plover).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

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

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