Rallicola rodericki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ischnocera

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: Ischnocera

Familia: Philopteridae
Genus: Rallicola
Species: Rallicola rodericki

Name

Rallicola rodericki Palma, 1991

• Type locality: Little Barrier Island, New Zealand
• Type host: Apteryx australis mantelli Bartlett, 1850
• Holotype: NMNZ ♂
• Etymology: Eponym of Colin Roderick (1942–1984), New Zealand Wildlife Service

References

Primary references

• Palma, R.L. 1991. A new species ofRallicola(Insecta: Phthiraptera : Philopteridae) from the North Island brown kiwi. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21(4): 313–322. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1991.10420829 ResearchGate. Reference page. 

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: 147–151. Online. Reference page.