Apexolichus affinis (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884)

Pterolichus (Protolichus) affinis Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884f: 262 .

Pterolichus affinis Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885a: 37 .

Pterolichus affinis .— Berlese 1897: 53.

Apexolichus affinis .— Gaud & Atyeo 1996a: 117, 1996b: 328; Mironov et al. 2003b: 186; Dabert et al., 2008: 51.

Pterolichus (Protolichus) chiragricus (in part).— Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 56; Cleland 1922: 100.

Protolichus chiragricus.— Favette & Trouessart 1904: 142 (in part).

Pterolichus (Protolichus) velifer.— Trouessart 1899a: 290, 1899b: 5 (in part, Australian specimens from Platycercus flaveolus only); Rainbow 1906: 183.

Pterolichus (Protolichus) veliger (sic).— Cleland 1922: 100.

Protolichus velifer.— Favette & Trouessart 1904: 144 .

Protolichus distensus Favette & Trouessart 1904: 147 (synonymy by Dabert et al. 2008).

Protolichus distensus .— Mironov et al. 2003b: 186.

Host and locality in Australia: Platycercus flaveolus and P. pennantii, Australia (Mégnin & Trouessart 1884f; Trouessart & Mégnin 1885a; Trouessart 1899a, 1899b; Canestrini & Kramer 1899; Cleland 1922); P. elegans, Australia (no details); P. elegans, Victoria; P. caledonicus, Richmond, Tasmania; P. eximius, Adelaide Zoo; P. flaveolus, Australia; P. icterotes, Gawler Range, South Australia (Dabert et al. 2008); P. eximius, South Australia and Tasmania (Favette & Trouessart 1904).

Current name of host: Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788); Green Rosella, P. caledonicus (Gmelin, 1788); Eastern Rosella, P. eximius (Shaw, 1792); Western Rosella, P. icterotis (Temminck & Kuhl, 1820) ( Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae).

Notes: The material listed by Canestrini & Kramer (1899) as Pterolichus (Protolichus) chiragricus included specimens of more than one species. The Australian specimens from Platycercus flaveolus are now placed in Apexolichus affinis .