New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts

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Apterygon okarito, a new species of chewing louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Okarito brown kiwi (Aves: Apterygiformes: Apterygidae)

Ricardo L. Palma

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand

Roger D. Price

Department of Entomology
University of Minnesota
St Paul, Minnesota 55108
USA

Abstract  The new species Apterygon okarito is described and illustrated from four samples of lice collected from the Okarito brown kiwi (Apteryx rowi Tennyson et al., 2003) in Okarito, South Island, New Zealand. The morphological relationships of the new species are discussed, especially in connection with the taxonomic position of its host.

Keywords  Phthiraptera; Menoponidae; Apterygon; lice; new species; Apterygidae; kiwi; Okarito; New Zealand

Z03007; Online publication date 4 March 2004; Received 21 February 2003; accepted 11 June 2003
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2004, Vol. 31: 67-73
0301-4223/04/3101-0067 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004

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