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Genus Anatoecus Cummings, 1916

  • Anatoecus Cummings, B.F. 1916. Studies on the Anoplura and Mallophaga, being a report upon a collection from the mammals and birds in the Society's Gardens. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916: 643-693 [653].
    Type species:
     Philopterus (Docophorus) icterodes Nitzsch, 1818 by original designation (as Anatoecus icterodes Nitzsch).
  • Cereopsoecus Kéler, S. von 1960. Über die dualistische differenzierung der Gattung Anatoecus Cummings (Mallophaga). Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 20: 207-316 [238].
    Type species:
     Cereopsoecus clayae Kéler, 1960 by original designation.
  • Benatoecus Zlotorzycka, J. 1970. Studien an den mitteleuropäischen Arten der Gattung Anatoecus Cumm. (Esthiopteridae, Mallophaga). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 40(1): 7-67 6 pls [10] [introduced as a subgenus of Anatoecus Cummings, 1916].
    Type species:
     Pediculus dentatus Scopoli, 1763 by original designation (as Anatoecus dentatus (Scopoli, 1763)).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Clay, T. 1962. A new species of Anatoecus Cummings (Mallophaga) from Phoenicopterus ruber Linn. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 22: 220-226 [221]
  • 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. [12]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide except polar regions.


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

  • Kéler, S. von 1960. Über die dualistische differenzierung der Gattung Anatoecus Cummings (Mallophaga). Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 20: 207-316