Allen C.G. Heath

Allen C.G. Heath, New Zealand acarologist

AgResearch Ltd, Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
allen.heath@agresearch.co.nz

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Bishop, D.M.; Heath, A.C.G.; Haack, N.A. 1996: Distribution, prevalence and host associations of Hymenoptera parasitic on Calliphoridae occurring in flystrike in New Zealand. Medical and veterinary entomology 10(4): 365–370. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00758.x . Reference page.

Derraik, J.G.B. & Heath, A.C.G. 2005. Immature Diptera (excluding Culicidae) inhabiting phytotelmata in the Auckland and Wellington regions.] New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 39(4): 981–987 DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517368 PDF Reference page.

Cane, R.P.; Heath, A.C.G. 2010(2011?): A possible extension to the range of a tick parasitoid in New Zealand. Weta, 40: 29–31. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.
Heath, A.C.G.; Cane, R.P. 2010: A new species of Ixodiphagus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) parasitizing seabird ticks in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology 37(2): 147–155. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2010.482973 Reference page.
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.

Heath, A.C.G., Palma, R.L., Cane, R.P. & Hardwick, S. 2011. Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Zootaxa 2995: 55–63. Preview Reference page.

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.
Heath, A.C.G. 2012. A new species of soft tick (Ixodoidea: Argasidae) from the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata Gray. Tuhinga 23: 29–37. abstract and pdf Reference page.

Heath, A.C.G., Palma, R.L., Cane, R.P. & Hardwick, S. 2015. ALLEN C.G. HEATH, RICARDO L. PALMA, RACHEL P. CANE & SCOTT HARDWICK (2011) CHECKLIST OF NEW ZEALAND TICKS (ACARI: IXODIDAE, ARGASIDAE). Zootaxa, 2995: 55–63. (ERRATUM) Zootaxa 4021(4): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.4.11. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Swift, R.J., Heath, A.C.G. & Jamieson, S.E. 2015. The kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904 (Acari: Ixodidae): aspects of its biology and ecology. Systematic & Applied Acarology 20(1): 1–12. DOI: 10.11158/saa.20.1.1 Reference page.

Heath, A.C.G. & Palma, R.L. 2017. A new species of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) from seabirds in New Zealand and Australia, previously misidentified as Ixodes eudyptidis. Zootaxa 4324(2): 285–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.3. Reference page.