Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata) Author HALLIDAY, R. B. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-09 5280 1 1 73 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1 journal article 54455 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1 a3384e49-2a34-4e14-8651-90cd896e0df4 1175-5326 7912198 E89D81FE-D079-41B7-9FF4-4933D620B89D Freyanella alcicornus Atyeo et al ., 1972 Freyanella alcicornus Atyeo et al ., 1972: 407 . Freyana tarandus Trouessart & Neumann, 1888: 334 (Australian variety). Host and locality in Australia : Threskiornis moluccus strictipennis , King River , Northern Territory (Atyeo et al . 1972). Current name of host : Australian White Ibis , Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) ( Ciconiiformes : Threskiornithidae ). Note : Trouessart & Neumann (1888 , page 334) referred to an unnamed variety of Freyana tarandus found on Ibis strictipennis in Australia . Atyeo et al . (1972) then described that variety as Freyanella alcicornus . Australian records of Freyana tarandus Trouessart & Neumann, 1888 (e.g. Rainbow 1906 ; Cleland 1922 ) actually refer to Freyanella alcicornus .