Species Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) integer (Nitzsch (in Giebel), 1866)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Docophorus integer Nitzsch, C.L. in Giebel, C.G.A. 1866. Die im zoologischen Museum der Universität Halle aufgestellten Epizoen nebst Beobachtungen über dieselben. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften Halle N.F. 2 28(11/12): 353-397 [360].

  Type data:

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

  Type host:

   Grus grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Docophorus novaehollandiae 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. [96].

  Type data:

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

  Type host:

   Grus rubicunda (Perr, 1810)

  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].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Timmermann, G. 1971. Mallophagologische Kollektaneen, 2. Senckenbergiana Biologica 52(1/2): 41-47 [42]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Host record only.

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Grus (Mathewsia) rubicunda (Perry, 1810) [GRUIDAE] Brolga).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A census of Australian Mallophaga. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 1-15 [5] (listed for Australia)

Martín-Mateo, M.P. 1992. Malófagos parásitos de aves. Primera cita para España y descripción de Saemundssonia integer (Nitzsch, 1866) (Mallophaga, Philopteroidea) recogida sobre Grus grus (L.) (Aves) en Córdoba. Actas Univ. Córdoba España 11: 603-610 (systematics, illustrations)

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. [961] (listed for Australasia)

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