New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
Menacanthus rhipidurae, a new species of chewing louse
(Insecta: Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from South Island fantails, Rhipidura
fuliginosa fuliginosa (Aves: Passeriformes:
Dicruridae)
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 Menacanthus rhipidurae
is described and illustrated from three samples of lice collected from
South Island fantails (Rhipidura fuliginosa fuliginosa
(Sparrman, 1787)) in New Zealand. The morphological relationships of
the new species are discussed, along with the taxonomic position of the
host in relation to the new louse species.
Keywords Phthiraptera; Menoponidae;
Menacanthus; lice; new species; Rhipidura; New Zealand
Z04032; Received 1 September 2004; accepted 30 January 2005; Online
publication date 13 May 2005
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2005, Vol. 32: 111–115
0301–4223/05/3202–0111 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005
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