Kiwilichus cryptosikyus

Taxonavigation

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: Pterolichoidea
Familia: Kiwilichidae
Genus: Kiwilichus
Species: Kiwilichus cryptosikyus

Name

Kiwilichus cryptosikyus Gaud & Atyeo, 1970

Type data

• Holotype: male
  • Type locality: New Zealand
  • Paratypes (allotype female, 1 other female, 5 immatures)
  • Type host: Apteryx australis australis

References

• 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.