FIRST RECORDS OF MARSUPIAL LICE (INSECTA, PHTHIRAPTERA, BOOPIIDAE) ONA BRUSHTAILED ROCK WALLABY FROM NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
PALMA RL
Citation
Rl. Palma, FIRST RECORDS OF MARSUPIAL LICE (INSECTA, PHTHIRAPTERA, BOOPIIDAE) ONA BRUSHTAILED ROCK WALLABY FROM NEW-ZEALAND, New Zealand journal of zoology, 23(2), 1996, pp. 161-164
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
New Zealand journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03014223
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
161 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-4223(1996)23:2<161:FROML(>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Two species of boopiid lice arerecorded from a wild brushtailed rock w allaby (Petrogale penicillata penicillata (Gray, 1825)) from Kawau Isl and, New Zealand. They are Heterodoxus ampullatus Keler, 1971 and Boop ia notafusca Le Souef, 1902. These are the first identified records of marsupial lice from New Zealand, and P. penicillata penicillata is a new host record for B. notafusca. This new host record is discussed an d evaluated.