Species Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) lockleyi Clay, 1949
- Saemundssonia lockleyi Clay, T. 1949. Species of the genus Saemundssonia (Mallophaga) from the Sterninae. American Museum Novitates 1409: 1-25 [11].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 314 ♂, Wiencke Is., Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ 6♀ (one ♀ labelled as allotype).Type host:
Sterna vittata georgiae Reichenow, 1904
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Macquarie Is., Heard Is.; recorded from Tasmania on an erroneous host by Green, R.H. & Munday, B.L. 1971. Parasites of Tasmanian native and feral fauna. Part 1, Arthropoda. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 41: 1–16 [10].
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Sterna (Sterna) vittata bethunei Buller, 1896 [LARIDAE] Antarctic Tern (new Zealand); Onychoprion anaethetus Scopoli, 1786 [LARIDAE] Bridled Tern).
Extra Ecological Information
Feather-feeder.
General References
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)
Clay, T. & Moreby, C. 1970. Mallophaga and Anoplura of subantarctic islands. Pacific Insects Monographs 23: 216-220 [220] (Australian record)
History of changes
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| 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 | |
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