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Genus Austrogoniodes Harrison, 1915

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Genus Austrogoniodes Harrison, 1915

  • Austrogoniodes Harrison, L. 1915. On a new family and five new genera of Mallophaga. Parasitology 7: 383-407 pls 26-27 [398].
    Type species:
     Goniocotes waterstoni Cummings, 1914 by original designation.
  • Cesareus Kéler, S. von 1952. On some Mallophaga of Sea-Birds from the Tristan da Cunha Group and the Dyer Island. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 15(2): 204-238 [221].
    Type species:
     Cesareus concii Kéler, 1952 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1953. Additions and corrections to the checklist of Mallophaga. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 6: 434-448 [435]

 

Excluded Taxa

PHILOPTERIDAE: Austrogoniodes bifasciatus (Piaget, 1885) [recorded by Clay, T. (1967: 154) from 'Antarctica - George V Coast' on Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) is a straggler or contaminant from Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781) from South America (Palma, R.L. in Palma & Barker (1996))].

PHILOPTERIDAE: Austrogoniodes strutheus Harrison, 1915 [recorded by Harrison (1937: 15) from 'The Nuggets, Macquarie Island' on Eudyptes sclateri Buller, 1888 is a misidentification of Austrogoniodes cristati Kéler, 1952 (one male/female pair from AM examined by compiler)].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Antarctica, Subantarctic Ils, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, Galápagos 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)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Distribution References

  • Clay, T. 1967. Mallophaga (biting lice) and Anoplura (sucking lice). Part 1: Austrogoniodes (Mallophaga) parasitic on penguins (Sphenisciformes). 10. pp. 149–155 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Antarctic Research Series. Washington D.C. : American Geophysical Union
  • Harrison, L. 1937. Mallophaga and Siphunculata. 2(1). 1-47 pls 1-3 in Johnston, T.H. (ed.). Scientific Reports, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1914, series C - Zoology and Botany. Sydney : Government Printer

General References

Clay, T. 1967. Mallophaga (biting lice) and Anoplura (sucking lice). Part 1: Austrogoniodes (Mallophaga) parasitic on penguins (Sphenisciformes). 10. pp. 149–155 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.) Antarctic Research Series. Washington D.C. : American Geophysical Union

Harrison, L. 1937. Mallophaga and Siphunculata. 2(1). 1-47 pls 1-3 in Johnston, T.H. (ed.). Scientific Reports, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1914, series C - Zoology and Botany. Sydney : Government Printer

Palma, R.L. in Palma, R.L. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Phthiraptera. pp. 81-247, 333-361, 373-376 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Australia