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Genus Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818

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Genus Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818

  • Philopterus Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Die Familien und Gattungen der Theierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als ein Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie 3: 261-318 [281, 288].
    Type species:
     Pediculus ocellatus Scopoli, 1763 by subsequent designation, see Neumann, L.G. 1906. Notes sur les Mallophages. I. Nomenclature. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 31: 54-60 [58] (as Philopterus (Docophorus) ocellatus Nitzsch).
  • Docophorus Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Die Familien und Gattungen der Theierinsekten (insecta epizoica); als ein Prodromus einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Magazin der Entomologie 3: 261-318 [289] [introduced as a subgenus of Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818].
    Type species:
     Pediculus ocellatus Scopoli, 1763 by subsequent designation, see Clay, T. 1938. The names of some mallophagen genera. The Entomologist 71: 206-207 [207]
  • Cypseloecus Conci, C. 1941. Nuovi generi di Mallofagi. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 8 73: 126-127 [126].
    Type species:
     Philopterus (Docophorus) excisus Nitzsch, 1818 by original designation (as Pilopterus [sic] excisus Nitzsch in (Burmeister, H.C.C., 1838)).
  • Docophorulus Eichler, W. 1944. Notulae Mallophagologicae. XI. Acht neue Gattungen der Nirmi und Docophori. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 105: 80-82 [80].
    Type species:
     Docophorus communis passeris Piaget, 1880 by original designation.
  • Tritrabeculus Uchida, S. 1948. Studies on the biting-lice (Mallophaga) of Japan and adjacent territories (suborder Ischnocera Pt. I). Japanese Medical Journal 1(4): 303-326 [315].
    Type species:
     Tritrabeculus goshikidori Uchida, 1948 by original designation.

 

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. [280]

 

Excluded Taxa

PHILOPTERIDAE: Philopterus longipes (Rudow, 1870) [listed by Thompson & Plomley (1938: 113) from Ardea novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 is a nomen dubium from an undetermined host (Hopkins & Clay (1952: 123) as Docophorus longipes Rudow, 1870)].

 

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)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Distribution References

  • Emerson, K.C. 1972. Checklist of the Mallophaga of North America (North of Mexico). Suborder Ischnocera. Dugway (Utah) : Deseret Test Center Part 1 200 pp. [119]
  • Ledger, R.A. 1980. The Arthropod parasites of vertebrates in Africa south of the Sahara. Vol. IV. Phthiraptera (Insecta). Publications of the South African Institute of Medical Research 56: 1-327 [122]
  • Mey, E. 1982. Mongolische Mallophagen I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 58(1): 155-195 pls 8-12
  • Mey, E. 1988. Zur Taxonomie der auf Meisen (Paridae) parasitierenden Docophorulus-arten (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Philopteridae). Rudolstädter Nat. Hist. Schr 1: 71-77

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.

Thompson, G.B. & Plomley, N.J.B. 1938. A list of the insect ectoparasites recorded from Australian birds and mammals. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63: 105-127