Species Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lari (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Museums

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• Pediculus lari Fabricius, O. 1780. Fauna Groenlandica. Systematice sistens, Animalia Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quad Nomen specificum, triviale, vernaculumque Synonyma Auctorum plurium, Descriptionem, Locum, Victum, Generationem, Mores, Usum, Capturamque singuli, pront detegendi Occasio fuit, maximaque Parte secundum proprias Observationes. Havniae & Lipsiae : Heineck & Faber 452 pp., 1 pl. [219].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 569 ♂, Iceland.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1954. The early literature on Mallophaga (part III, 1776–1786). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 3(6): 223-266 pls 10-12 [249].

  Type locality references:

  Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1954. The early literature on Mallophaga (part III, 1776–1786). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 3(6): 223-266 pls 10-12 [249].

  Type host:

   Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767

  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].
• Saemundssonia lari fallai Timmermann, G. 1951. Die Mövenkneifer. Eine revision sämtlicher bei echten Möven schmarotzenden Federlinge der Gattung Saemundssonia Tim., 1936. Parasitological News, Reykjavik 2(1): 1-12 [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 16268 ♂, Auckland Is., New Zealand. *H*Type host: Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus Forster, 1844.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♀ (labelled as allotype).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Heard Is., Macquarie Is.

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Larus (Larus) dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 [LARIDAE] Kelp Gull; Larus (Larus) pacificus Latham, 1801 [LARIDAE] Pacific Gull; Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) [LARIDAE] Silver Gull).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Choe, J.C. & Kim, K.C. 1987. Community structure of arthropod ectoparasites on Alaskan seabirds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65(12): 2998-3005 (ecology)

Choe, J.C. & Kim, K.C. 1988. Microhabitat preference and coexistence of ectoparasitic arthropods on Alaskan seabirds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(4): 987-997 (ecology)

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. [165, 194] (systematics, illustrations)

Dreux, P. 1978. La faune entomologique de l'Île Heard. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 83(5–6): 108-115 [110] (Australian record)

Green, R.H. & Palma, R.L. 1991. A list of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) recorded from Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 100: 1-43 [19] (Australian records)

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