Aetacarus haliasturi ( Dubinin, 1956 )

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Aetacarus haliasturi ( Dubinin, 1956)

Pterolichus phylloproctus minor Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884g: 334 .

Pterolichus phylloproctus minor Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885a: 43 .

Pterolichus phylloproctus minor .— Berlese 1897: 56; Radford 1953: 201.

Pterolichus phylloproctus .— Radford 1953: 201, 1958: 120.

Pterolichus (Eupterolichus) phylloproctus var minor .— Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 48; Rainbow 1906: 183; Cleland 1922: 100.

Aetacarus phylloproctus .— Gaud & Atyeo 1975b: 525.

Gabucinia haliasturi Dubinin, 1956: 205 (replacement name).

Aetacarus haliasturi .— Philips 2000: 221.

Host and locality in Australia: Haliastur indus girrenera , Australia ( Mégnin & Trouessart 1884g; Trouessart & Mégnin 1885a; Canestrini & Kramer 1899; Rainbow 1906; Cleland 1922).

Current name of host: Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus girrenera (Vieillot, 1822) ( Accipitriformes : Accipitridae ).

Notes: Dubinin (1956) recognised that Pterolichus phylloproctus minor Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884g: 334 is a junior homonym of Pterolichus minor Mégnin & Trouessart 1884e: 216 (presently Epoplichus minor ), and replaced it with Gabucinia haliasturi Dubinin, 1956 . Pterolichus phylloproctus Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884 is the type species of Aetacarus Gaud & Atyeo, 1975b . This automatically implies the new combination Aetacarus phylloproctus minor ( Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884g), and therefore Aetacarus haliasturi ( Dubinin, 1956) , as used by Philips (2000).