Trouessartia megadisca Gaud, 1962

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Trouessartia megadisca Gaud, 1962

Trouessartia megadisca Gaud, 1962: 47 .

Trouessartia megadisca .— Gaud 1968a: 139; Santana 1976: 70; Domrow 1992: 1498; Mironov & Galloway 2002b: 186.

Host and locality in Australia: Zosterops lateralis , Swansea, Tasmania ( Domrow 1992).

Current name of host: Silvereye, Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1801) ( Passeriformes : Zosteropidae ).

Unidentified specimens in this genus: Trouessartia sp.

Host and locality in Australia: Eastern Bristlebird ( Dasyornis brachypterus ), Australia; Bridled Honeyeater ( Lichenostomus frenatus ), Lake Eacham, Queensland; Magpielark ( Grallina cyanoleuca ) Derby, Western Australia and Victoria; Regent Bowerbird ( Sericulus chrysocephalus ), Australia ( Byers & Proctor 2020); host not identified, Healesville, Victoria ( Poiani, 1992).

Current name of host:Eastern Bristlebird, Dasyornis brachypterus (Latham, 1801) ( Passeriformes : Dasyornithidae ); Bridled Honeyeater, Bolemoreus frenatus (Ramsay, 1874) ( Passeriformes : Meliphagidae ); Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1801) ( Passeriformes : Monarchidae ); Regent Bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus (Lewin, 1808) ( Passeriformes : Ptilonorhynchidae ).