Taxonavigation

Familia: Menoponidae
Genus: Apterygon
Species: Apterygon hintoni

Name

• Apterygon hintoni Clay, 1966
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: unchangeable (patronym for H.E. Hinton)
  • Original genus: Apterygon Clay, 1961
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: CMNZ
  • Type host: Apteryx haasti
  • Type locality: 'Nelson, New Zealand' [NEW ZEALAND NN]
  • ZooBank: B7F82588-4461-42AB-9282-39B0DD448AF9

Primary references

• Clay, T. 1966: A new species of Apterygon (Mailophaga: Menoponidae). Entomologist 99: 292–293, plates V-VI. full article (except plates) on BUGZ Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 292, and figs. 1-3, and plates V-VI]

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: 147–159. ISSN: 1173-4337

• Tandan, B.K. 1972: The species of Apterygon (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera) parasitic on kiwis (Apteryx). New Zealand journal of science 15: 52-69. full article on BUGZ Reference page.  [see p. 59, and figs. 2, 6-10, 16-18]