Apterygon mirum
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Amblycera |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Menoponidae
Genus: Apterygon
Species: Apterygon mirum
Name
[edit]- Apterygon mirum Clay, 1961
- Authority for placement: objective (type species)
- Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
- Original genus: Apterygon Clay, 1961
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: holotype
- Fixation: designated
- Description: [adult] male
- Repository: BMNH 'slide no. 655' (with allotype female)
- Type host: Apteryx mantelli, as Apteryx australis mantelli
- Type locality: 'Opotiki, Bay of Penty, New Zealand' [NEW ZEALAND BP]
- ZooBank: 8299F5CF-BDE4-4769-AAFB-D4290A5F30C1
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Clay, T. 1961. A new genus and species of Menoponidae (Mallophaga, Insecta) from Apteryx. Annals and magazine of natural history (13) 3(33): 571–576, plate IX. DOI: 10.1080/00222936008651059 Reference page. [first availability, see p. 574, figs. 1-8 and plate IX]
Additional references
[edit]- 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: 147–151. Online. Reference page.
- 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. [see p. 65, and figs. 3, 19, 31-42]