Apterygon dumosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amblycera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Ordo: Psocodea Subordo: Troctomorpha Infraordo: Nanopsocetae Subinfraordinal group: Phthiraptera Superfamily group: Amblycera

Familia: Menoponidae
Genus: Apterygon
Species: Apterygon dumosum

Name

• Apterygon dumosum Tandan, 1972
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Apterygon Clay, 1961
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC, as 'Entomology Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Nelson'
  • Type host: Apteryx australis lawryi
  • Type locality: 'Stewart Is., New Zealand' [NEW ZEALAND SI]
  • ZooBank: D82EC441-2E15-41E6-9EF3-95685548113F

References

Primary references

• Tandan, B.K. 1972. The species of Apterygon (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera) parasitic on kiwis (Apteryx). New Zealand journal of science 15: 52–69. Online. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 54, and figs. 1, 4, 5, 11-15, 20-30]

Additional references

• Heath, A.C.G. 2010: A review of ectoparasites of Apteryx spp. (kiwi) in New Zealand, with new host records, and the biology of Ixodes anatis (Acari: Ixodidae). Tuhinga: records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 21: 147–159. ISSN: 1173-4337