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Genus Episbates Thompson, 1935

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Genus Episbates Thompson, 1935

  • Episbates Thompson, G.B. 1935. A new genus of Mallophaga allied to Pseudonirmus Mjöberg, together with a note on the Genus Naubates Bedford (subfamily Esthiopterinae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 16: 485-488 [485].
    Type species:
     Philopterus pederiformis Dufour, 1835 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Southern hemisphere, Galápagos Ils, north Pacific Ocean.


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), Macquarie Island Province (24), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Distribution References

  • Thompson, G.B. 1948. The lice of petrels. - Part IV. The genus Episbates. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 14: 661-671 pl. 19 [dated 1947]
  • Timmermann, G. 1961. Gruppen-Revisionen bei Mallophagen. IV. Genera Pseudonirmus Mjöberg, 1910, Bedfordiella Thompson, 1937, und Episbates Harrison, 1935. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 21: 30-45