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Genus Bedfordiella Thompson, 1937

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Genus Bedfordiella Thompson, 1937

  • Bedfordiella Thompson, G.B. 1937. A new genus and species of Mallophaga (Sub-family Esthiopterinae) from a petrel. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 20: 434-436 [434].
    Type species:
     Bedfordiella unica Thompson, 1937 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Southern circumpolar.


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), Southeast Transition (11), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

  • Palma, R.L. & Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1983. The genus Bedfordiella (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) and a note on the lice from the Kerguelen petrel (Pterodroma brevirostris). Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 2(13): 145-150
  • Thompson, G.B. 1937. A new genus and species of Mallophaga (Sub-family Esthiopterinae) from a petrel. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 20: 434-436