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Genus Alcedoecus Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939

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Genus Alcedoecus Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1939

  • Alcedoecus Clay, T. & Meinertzhagen, R. 1939. New genera and species of Mallophaga. The Entomologist 72: 161-168 [162].
    Type species:
     Philopterus capistratus Neumann, 1912 by original designation.
  • Halcyonicola Uchida, S. 1948. Studies on the biting-lice (Mallophaga) of Japan and adjacent territories (suborder Ischnocera Pt. I). Japanese Medical Journal 1(4): 303-326 [312].
    Type species:
     Docophorus alatoclypeatus Piaget, 1885 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Tendeiro, J. 1965. Études sur les Mallophages Parasites des Alcédinidés. I. Genres Alcedoecus Th. Clay et Meinertzhagen, 1939 et Emersoniella nov. Revista Estudos Gerais Universite Moçambique 4 2: 1-92 [17]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Africa, Asia, Pacific Ils.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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)

Distribution References

  • Tendeiro, J. 1965. Études sur les Mallophages Parasites des Alcédinidés. I. Genres Alcedoecus Th. Clay et Meinertzhagen, 1939 et Emersoniella nov. Revista Estudos Gerais Universite Moçambique 4 2: 1-92 [13, 14]