Rallicola gracilentus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ischnocera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Ordo: Psocodea Subordo: Troctomorpha Infraordo: Nanopsocetae Subinfraordinal group: Phthiraptera Superfamily group: Ischnocera

Familia: Philopteridae
Genus: Rallicola
Species: Rallicola gracilentus

Name

Rallicola gracilentus Clay, 1953 [nomen novum pro Rallicola gracilis Harrison, 1915]

• Lectotype: ♀ BMNH slide no. 748
• Type locality: New Zealand, Mt. Hector, Tararua Range, North Island
• Type host: Apteryx owenii Gould, 1847

Synonymy

• Rallicola gracilis Harrison, 1915 [nec Piaget, 1871]

References

Primary references

• Clay, T. 1972. The species of Rallicola (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) parasitic on kiwis (Apteryx). New Zealand Journal of Science 15(1): 70–76. Reference page.  p. 73
• Harrison, L. 1915. Mallophaga from Apteryx, and their Significance; with a Note on the Genus Rallicola. Parasitology 8(1): 88-100. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000010428. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.