Kiwialges haastii

Kiwialges haastii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Analgoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Sarcoptiformes Subordo: Psoroptidia Superfamilia: Analgoidea

Familia: Analgidae
Subfamilia: Kiwialginae
Genus: Kiwialges
Species: Kiwialges haastii

Name

Kiwialges haastii Bishop, 1985

Type data

• Holotype: MONZ. Female.
  • Type locality: Totara River, Westland, New Zealand WD
  • Paratypes (2 females, 2 males, 1 protonymph): MONZ, WARC
  • Type host: Apteryx haastii

References

Primary references

• Bishop, D.M. 1985(1984): Kiwialges haastii n. sp., a feather mite (Acari: Analgidae) from the great spotted kiwi, Apteryx haastii Potts, 1872 (Aves: Apterygidae); with a key to species of Kiwialges, and new host records. New Zealand journal of zoology, 11(3): 233–237. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1984.10428237 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bishop, D.M.; Heath, A.C.G. 1998: Checklist of ectoparasites of birds in New Zealand. Surveillance, 25(special issue): 13–31.
• 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.