Apterygon okarito

Apterygon okarito

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 okarito

Name

• Apterygon okarito Palma & Price, 2004
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: unchangeable (noun in apposition)
  • Original genus: Apterygon Clay, 1961
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: MONZ [AI.012588
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  • Type host: Apteryx rowi
  • Type locality: 'Forks, Ōkārito, South Island, New Zealand (43° 15 S, 173°13 E)'
  • ZooBank: 4FDDCF73-EB0E-4A73-A041-14D9FCA22671

References

Primary references

• Palma, R.L. & Price, R.D. 2004. Apterygon okarito, a new species of chewing louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Okarito brown kiwi (Aves: Apterygiformes: Apterygidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 31(1): 67–73. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2004.9518361 . Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 68, and figs. 1-4]

Additional references

• Buckley, T.R., Palma, R.L., Johns, P.M., Gleeson, D.M., Heath, A.C.G., Hitchmough, R.A. & Stringer, I. 2012. The conservation status of small or less well known groups of New Zealand terrestrial invertebrates. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 137–143. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.686319 . Reference page.