Genus Lipeurus Nitzsch, 1818

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• Lipeurus Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Die Familien und Gattungen der Theierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als ein Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie 3: 261-318 [292] [introduced as a subgenus of Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818].

  Type species:

   Pediculus caponis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Opinion no. 342 Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of type species for the nominal genera Lipeurus Nitzsch, 1818, Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1818 and Gyropus Nitzsch, 1818 (Class Insecta, Order Mallophaga) in harmony with current nomenclatorial practice. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10(9): 271-298 [273]
• Megathellipeurus Mey, E. 1986. Ischnoceran Mallophaga (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Leipoa ocellata Gould, 1840 (Aves: Galliformes: Megapodiidae). Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Systematik 113: 525-539 [534].

  Type species:

   Megathellipeurus sejugatus Mey, 1986 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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

 

Excluded Taxa

PHILOPTERIDAE: Lipeurus gruis (Linnaeus, 1758), see Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A census of Australian Mallophaga. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 1-15 [5] (recorded from Antigone australasiana (Gould, 1848) (= Grus rubicundus (Perry, 1810)) is probably a misidentification (<8217>, based on <0349>, as Esthiopterum gruis (Linnaeus, 1758)).

PHILOPTERIDAE: Lipeurus meleagridis (Linnaeus, 1758), see Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A list of Mallophaga found on introduced and domesticated animals in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 17-22 [18] (is a nom. nud. (<0180> [196])).

PHILOPTERIDAE: Lipeurus menura Le Souëf & Bullen, 1902, see 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 (from Menura superba Davies, 1901 (= M. novaehollandiae Latham, 1801) is a nomen dubium (<0355> [374] as Columbicola menura)).

PHILOPTERIDAE: Lipeurus unguiculatus Piaget, 1890, see Johnston, T.H. & Harrison, L. 1912. A census of Australian Mallophaga. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 1-15 [6] (listed from Notophoyx (= Egretta) novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) is a straggler or contaminant from Rallus lafresnayanus (Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860) known only from New Caledonia (<0052> [584] as Rallicola piageti Clay, 1953)).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide except polar regions.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

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