Species Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) platygaster (Denny, 1842)
- Docophorus platygaster Denny, H. 1842. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae. London : Henry G. Bohn xxiv 262 pp. pls 1-26. [44, 83].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 181 ♀, unknown. *H*Type host: Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758.Subsequent designation references:
Timmermann, G. 1951. Investigations on some ischnoceran bird lice (genus Saemundssonia) parasitic on waders. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 4: 390-401 [393].Type locality references:
Timmermann, G. 1951. Investigations on some ischnoceran bird lice (genus Saemundssonia) parasitic on waders. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 4: 390-401 [393] (for restriction of type host).
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- Timmermann, G. 1969. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. VIII. Die Formenkreise Saemundssonia scolopacis-phaeopodis (Schrank), 1803, Saemundssonia platygaster (Denny), 1842 und Saemundssonia africana Timmermann, 1951. Zoologischer Anzeiger 183(3/4): 225-256 [233]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 19-Jul-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |