Species Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) laticaudata (Rudow, 1869)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Docophorus laticaudatus Rudow, F. 1869. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mallophagen oder Pelzfresser. Neue exotische Arten der Familie Philopterus. Dissertation Universität Leipzig 47 pp. [12].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 313 ♂, Norfolk, England.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clay, T. 1949. Species of the genus Saemundssonia (Mallophaga) from the Sterninae. American Museum Novitates 1409: 1-25 [14].

  Type locality references:

  Clay, T. 1949. Species of the genus Saemundssonia (Mallophaga) from the Sterninae. American Museum Novitates 1409: 1-25 [14].

  Type host:

   Sterna sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)

  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. [333].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumaustralian*.

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein, 1823) [LARIDAE] Crested Tern; Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) [LARIDAE] Lesser Crested Tern).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

 

General References

Clay, T. 1949. Species of the genus Saemundssonia (Mallophaga) from the Sterninae. American Museum Novitates 1409: 1-25 [14] (systematics, illustrations)

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 record)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	Phthiraptera	15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Alice Wells (ABRS)
28-Sep-2022	Phthiraptera	26-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
18-Apr-2016	PHILOPTERIDAE	15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
		15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED