Subspecies Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) tringae tringae (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pediculus tringae 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 2346 ♂, Scotland.

  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 [250].

  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 [250].

  Type host:

   Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)

  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. [336].
• Docophorus canuti Denny, H. 1842. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae. London : Henry G. Bohn xxiv 262 pp. pls 1-26. [44, 84].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Emerson, K.C. 1972. Checklist of the Mallophaga of North America (North of Mexico). Suborder Ischnocera. Dugway (Utah) : Deseret Test Center Part 1 200 pp. [165]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is.*.

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Calidris (Calidris) canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) [SCOLOPACIDAE] Red Knot; Calidris (Ereunetes) ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) [SCOLOPACIDAE] Red-necked Stint).

Extra Ecological Information

Feather-feeder.

General References

Hunter, J.E. & Colwell, M.A. 1994. Phthiraptera infestation of five shorebird species. Wilson Bulletin 106(2): 400-403 (ecology)

History of changes