Species Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) hexagona (Giebel, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Docophorus hexagonus 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. [116].

  Type data:

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

  Type host:

   Phaethon rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783)

  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. [332].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Phaethon rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) [PHAETHONTIDAE] Red-tailed Tropicbird).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Thompson, G.B. 1938. On two species of Mallophaga from Phaëthon rubricauda roseotincta (Mathews). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 2: 458-464 [461] (systematics, illustrations)

History of changes