Kiwialges palametrichus

Taxonavigation

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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 palametrichus

Name

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Kiwialges palametrichus Gaud & Atyeo, 1970

Type data

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  • Holotype: male
    • Type locality: Stewart Island, New Zealand SI
    • Paratypes (allotype female, 2 other females, 4 males)
    • Type host: Apteryx australis lowryi

References

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  • Bishop, D.M. 1985: 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: 233–237. BUGZ
  • Bishop, D.M.; Heath, A.C.G. 1998: Checklist of ectoparasites of birds in New Zealand. Surveillance, 25(special issue): 13–31.
  • Gaud, J.; Atyeo, W.T. 1970: Acariens Sarcoptiformes plumicoles (Analgoidea) parasites des Apterygiiformes. Acarologia, 12: 402–414. BUGZ
  • 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