Species Trinoton querquedulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pediculus querquedulae Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [612] [name erected for Redi's 'Pollino del' arzavola o farquetola'].
Type data:
Neotype BMNH 4007 ♀, England.Subsequent designation references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1950. The early literature on Mallophaga (part I. 1758–1762). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 1(3): 221-272 pls 1-2 [244].Type locality references:
Clay, T. & Hopkins, G.H.E. 1950. The early literature on Mallophaga (part I. 1758–1762). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 1(3): 221-272 pls 1-2 [244].Type host:
Anas crecca crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Macquarie Is.*.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1801 [ANATIDAE] Australasian Shoveler; Anas castanea (Eyton, 1838) [ANATIDAE] Chestnut Teal; Stictonetta naevosa (Gould, 1841) [ANATIDAE] Freckled Duck; Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 [ANATIDAE] Grey Teal; Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 [ANATIDAE] Mallard; Anas (Anas) superciliosa Gmelin, 1789 [ANATIDAE] Pacific Black Duck; Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1801) [ANATIDAE] Pink-eared Duck).
Extra Ecological Information
Blood-feeder and feather-feeder.
General References
Eichler, W. & Vasjukova, T.T. 1981. Die Mallophagengattung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 57(1): 23-62 pls 1-9 [37] (systematics)
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 [8] (Australian record)
Rudolph, D. 1983. The water-vapour uptake of the Phthiraptera. Journal of Insect Physiology 29(1): 15-25 (physiology)
Saxena, A.K., Agarwal, G.P., Chandra, S. & Singh, O.P. 1985. Haematophagous nature of Trinoton querquedulae (Phthiraptera: Amblycera). Angewandte Parasitologie 26: 205-208 (evidence of haematophagy)
Thompson, G.B. 1939. Further records of the occurrence of Myialges and Microlichus (Acarina) on Mallophaga and Hippoboscidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 3: 285-287 pls 10-11 (hyperparasitic Acari)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | Phthiraptera | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
| 28-Sep-2022 | Phthiraptera | 26-Jul-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 19-Jul-2012 | 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED |