Austromenopon aegialitidis (Durrant, 1906) sensu lato

Menopon aegialitidis Durrant, 1906: 529, fig. 1c.

Menopon aegialitidis Durrant, 1906; Harrison 1916: 32.

Austromenopon aegialitidis (Durrant, 1906); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 46.

Austromenopon aegialitidis (Durrant, 1906) sensu lato; Clay 1959: 165, fig. 7.

Austromenopon aegialitidis (Durrant, 1906); Price et al. 2003: 90.

Austromenopon aegialitidis (Durrant, 1906); González-Acuña et al. 2008b: 38, fig. 1.

Austromenopon aegialitidis (Durrant, 1906); Palma 2017: 41.

Holotype probably in OSUM (see Palma 1996: 114).

Type host: Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758.

Chilean host: Vanellus chilensis chilensis (Molina, 1782).

Other hosts: Vanellus miles novaehollandiae Stephens, 1819; Charadrius bicinctus exilis Falla, 1978, Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758); Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783); at least nine species of Charadrius (see Price et al. 2003: 90).

Chilean locality: Chillán: Region XVI.

Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica.

Chilean reference: González-Acuña et al. (2008b).

Other significant references: Clay (1959); Palma (1996: 114); Price et al. (2003); Palma (2010: 407); Palma (2017).

Remarks: Austromenopon aegialitidis is a morphologically variable species from a wide range of hosts and in need of detailed systematic study.