Species Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) euryrhyncha (Giebel, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Docophorus euryrhynchus 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. [112].
• Saemundssonia stresemanni Timmermann, G. 1949. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ektoparasitenfauna isländischer Säugetiere und Vögel. I. Mitteilung. Das Mallophagengenus Saemundssonia Timmermann, 1936. Visindafélag Islendinga 2(3): 1-32 [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH 115 ♂, Breidamerkursandur, Iceland.

  Type host:

   Stercorarius skua skua (Brünnich, 1764)

Generic Combinations

• Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) euryrhyncha (Giebel, 1874).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Catharacta skua lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 [LARIDAE] Great Skua; Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders, 1893) [LARIDAE] South Polar Skua; Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815)).

Associated Fauna References

Palma, R.L. 2000. The species of Saemundssonia (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from skuas (Aves: Stercorariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 121-128 (Stercorarius pomarinus)

General References

Clay, T. & Moreby, C. 1967. Mallophaga (biting lice) and Anoplura (sucking lice). Part 2: Keys and locality lists of Mallophaga and Anoplura. 10. pp. 157–196 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Antarctic Research Series. Washington D.C. : American Geophysical Union. (systematics, illustrations, Australian record, as Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) stresemanni)

Dreux, P. 1978. La faune entomologique de l'Île Heard. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 83(5–6): 108-115 (Australian record, as Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) stresemanni)

Schaefer, P.W. & Strandtmann, R.W. 1971. Notes on the incidence and niche preference of Mallophaga and Analgoidea ectoparasitic on South polar skua (Catharacta skua maccormicki on Ross Island, Antarctica. Pacific Insects Monographs 25: 15-16 (ecology, as Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) stresemanni)

Watson, K.C. 1967. The terrestrial Arthropoda of Macquarie Island. ANARE Scientific Reports Series B(1) Zoology 99: 1-90 pls 1-12 (Australian record, as Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) stresemanni)

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