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Genus Goniodes Nitzsch, 1818

  • Goniodes Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Die Familien und Gattungen der Theierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als ein Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie 3: 261-318 [293] [introduced as a subgenus of Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818].
    Type species:
     Pediculus pavonis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1911. Notes on some Mallophagan generic names. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36(2): 321-328 [326] (as Goniodes pavonis Linnaeus (=Goniodes falcicornis Nitzsch)).
  • Oulocrepis Kéler, S. von 1939. Baustoffe zu einer Monographie der Mallophagen. II. Teil: Überfamilie der Nirmoidea (1). Nova Acta Leopoldina N.F. 8(51): 1-254 pls 1-4 [97].
    Type species:
     Goniodes dissimilis Denny, 1842 by original designation (as Goniodes dissimilis Nitzsch).
  • Homocerus Kéler, S. von 1939. Baustoffe zu einer Monographie der Mallophagen. II. Teil: Überfamilie der Nirmoidea (1). Nova Acta Leopoldina N.F. 8(51): 1-254 pls 1-4 [117].
    Type species:
     Goniocotes macrocephalus Taschenberg, 1882 by original designation.
  • Stenocrotaphus Kéler, S. von 1939. Baustoffe zu einer Monographie der Mallophagen. II. Teil: Überfamilie der Nirmoidea (1). Nova Acta Leopoldina N.F. 8(51): 1-254 pls 1-4 [124].
    Type species:
     Goniocotes gigas Taschenberg, 1879 by original designation.
  • Leipoiella Mey, E. 1986. Ischnoceran Mallophaga (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Leipoa ocellata Gould, 1840 (Aves: Galliformes: Megapodiidae). Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Systematik 113: 525-539 [526].
    Type species:
     Leipoiella maoriana Mey, 1986 by original designation.
  • Megatheliella Mey, E. 1986. Ischnoceran Mallophaga (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Leipoa ocellata Gould, 1840 (Aves: Galliformes: Megapodiidae). Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Systematik 113: 525-539 [530].
    Type species:
     Goniodes leipoae Emerson & Price, 1984 by original designation (as Goniodes leipoae Emerson & Price, 1985).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp. [150]
  • 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 (adds Leipoiella Mey, 1986 and Megatheliella Mey, 1986)

 

Excluded Taxa

PHILOPTERIDAE: Goniodes cornutus Rudow, 1869 [from Microtribonyx (= Gallinula) ventralis Gould, 1837 listed by Johnston & Harrison (1912: 4) is an unrecognizable species from an erroneous host, with no type available (Hopkins & Clay 1952: 152)].

 

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

  • Clay, T. 1940. A revision of the genera and species of Mallophaga occurring on Gallinaceous hosts. Part II. Goniodes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B 110: 1-120

General References

Hopkins, G.H.E. & Clay, T. 1952. A Checklist of the Genera & Species of Mallophaga. London : Trustees of the British Museum 362 pp.

Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A census of Australian Mallophaga. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 1-15