Holomenopon tadornae (Gervais, 1844)

Philopterus tadornae Gervais, 1844: 323, pl. 49: fig. 6.

Menopon tadornae Gervais, 1844 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 45.

Holomenopon tadornae (Gervais, 1844); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 175.

Holomenopon museigottingense Eichler, 1954: 37, fig. 15.

Holomenopon tadornae (Gervais, 1844) sensu lato; Price 1971: 640, figs 17–18.

Holomenopon tadornae (Gervais, 1844); Palma 2017: 66, figs 39–40.

Status, sex and repository of types unknown (see Palma 2017: 66). Holotype ♂ of Holomenopon museigottingense in ZMUG.

Type host: Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758).

Chilean host: Chloephaga melanoptera (Eyton, 1838).

Other hosts: Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus; 1766); Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas); Tadorna tadornoides (Jardine & Selby, 1828); Tadorna variegata (Gmelin, 1789).

Chilean localities: None given.

Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica.

Chilean reference: Eichler (1954).

Other significant references: Price (1971); Price et al. (2003: 113); Palma (2010: 408); Palma (2017).

Remarks: Holomenopon tadornae appears to be restricted to species of the tribe Tadornini.

Genus Kurodaia Uchida, 1926

Subgenus Kurodaia Uchida, 1926 Kurodaia Uchida, 1926. Jour. Coll. Agric. Tokyo 9, 50. Type species: Colpocephalum haliaeeti Denny, 1842 = Kurodaia (Kurodaia) haliaeeti (Denny, 1842) (by original designation).