Titanolichus chiragricus (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884)

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Titanolichus chiragricus (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884)

Pterolichus chiragricus Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884f: 261 .

Pterolichus chiragricus Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885a: 36 .

Pterolichus (Protolichus) chiragricus .— Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 56; Rainbow 1906: 183; Cleland 1922: 100.

Protolichus chiragricus.— Favette & Trouessart 1904: 142 ; Radford 1953: 211, 1958: 137 (in part).

Titanolichus chiragricus .— Gaud & Atyeo 1996a: 138, 1996b: 409; Mironov et al. 2003b: 186; Dabert et al. 2006: 208, 2008: 69.

Host and locality in Australia: Pezoporus formosus , ́Nouvelle-Zélande» ( Mégnin & Trouessart 1884f); Pezoporus formosus , Platycercus flaveolus , P. elegans ( P. pennantii ), Australia ( Canestrini & Kramer 1899); Pezoporus formosus , Platycercus elegans and Platycercus flaveolus , Australia ( Favette & Trouessart 1904); Ground parrot Pezoporus wallicus, S.E. Cape Track , Tasmania ( Dabert et al. 2006); Pezoporus formosus , Platycercus flaveolus , Platycercus elegans , Australia ( Rainbow 1906); Pezoporus formosanus , Platycercus pennanti , Australia ( Cleland 1922).

Current name of host: Eastern Ground Parrot, Pezoporus wallicus (Kerr, 1792) ; Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) ( Psittaciformes : Psittaculidae ).

Notes: Mégnin & Trouessart (1884f) described this species from Pezoporus formosus in New Zealand, but that record is incorrect and should read Australia ( Dabert et al., 2006, 2008).