Description

Host and locality in Australia: Lophophaps plumifera, Antwerp, Belgium, imported from Australia (Fain 1965 a); Pterophassa plumifera, Antwerp, Belgium, imported from Australia (Domrow 1992). Current name of host: Spinifex Pigeon, Geophaps plumifera Gould, 1842 (Columbiformes: Columbidae).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Sarcoptiformes

Family: Dermationidae

Genus: Passeroptes

Species: Passeroptes lophophaps Fain, 1965