Species Colpocephalum turbinatum Denny, 1842
- Colpocephalum turbinatum Denny, H. 1842. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae. London : Henry G. Bohn xxiv 262 pp. pls 1-26. [198, 209].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ (number of specimens unspecified), locality unknown.Type host:
Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 - Colpocephalum dissimile major Piaget, E. 1885. Les Pédiculines. Essai Monographique. Suppl. Leide : E.J. Brill xvi 200 pp. pls 1-17. [119] [subspecies epithet should be majus; junior primary homonym of
Colpocephalum caudatum major Piaget, 1880].Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 643 ♂, locality unknown.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2♂ 4♀.Subsequent designation references:
Clay, T. 1953. Systematic notes on the Piaget collections of Mallophaga. - Pt IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 6: 641-657 [644].Type host:
Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788)
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Price, R.D. & Beer, J.R. 1963. Species of Colpocephalum (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) parasitic upon the Falconiformes. The Canadian Entomologist 95(7): 731-763 [754]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
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): Hieraaetus (Hieraaetus) morphnoides (Gould, 1841) [ACCIPITRIDAE] Little Eagle; Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 [COLUMBIDAE] Rock Dove; Circus approximans Peale, 1848 [ACCIPITRIDAE] Swamp Harrier; Aquila audax (Latham, 1801) [ACCIPITRIDAE] Wedge-tailed Eagle; Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) [ACCIPITRIDAE] Whistling Kite; Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788) [ACCIPITRIDAE] White-bellied Sea-Eagle).
Extra Ecological Information
Feather-feeder.
General References
Nelson, B.C. 1971. Successful rearing of Colpocephalum turbinatum (Phthiraptera). Nature New Biology 232(34): 255 (rearing)
Nelson, B.C. & Murray, M.D. 1971. The distribution of Mallophaga on the domestic pigeon (Columba livia). International Journal for Parasitology 1: 21-29 2 pls (ecology)
Price, R.D. & Beer, J.R. 1963. Species of Colpocephalum (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) parasitic upon the Falconiformes. The Canadian Entomologist 95(7): 731-763 [754] (systematics, illustrations, Australian records)
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 |