Mediorhynchus africanus

Mediorhynchus africanus Amin, Evans, Heckmann & El-Naggar, 2013

Empodius segmentatus (de Marval, 1902) Southwell & Mac-Fie, 1925

Mediorhynchus selengensis Harris, 1973

M. gallinarum (Bhalerao, 1937) Van Cleave, 1947 sensu Junker & Boomker, 2006

Notes.

M. gallinarum is found only in Asia and the species in Africa is actually M. africanus (Amin et al. 2013; Amin 2013) and not M. gallinarum previously reported in South Africa (Junker and Boomker 2006).

Host.

Numida meleagris (L. 1758) (Helmeted Guineafowl) ( Numididae) (type host).

Localities.

Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (type locality) (Junker and Boomker 2006); Vicinity of Petrus Steyn, Free State Province, South Africa (Davies et al. 2008); Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Junker and Boomker 2007; Junker et al. 2008).