THE FIRST RECORD OF A TERRESTRIAL LANDHOPPER (CRUSTACEA, AMPHIPODA, TALITRIDAE) FROM MACQUARIE ISLAND

A terrestrial talitrid crustacean is recorded for the first time from subantarctic Macquarie Island. The species, Puhuruhuru patersoni, is n ative to the southern part of the South Island of New Zealand. Its dis tribution on Macquarie Is. is restricted to a single locality near the ANARE station on the Isthmus. All mature females collected in Decembe r were carrying eggs; females appeared to be less mobile than males. I t seems likely that the species has been transported accidentally from New Zealand, perhaps by the same means that introduced the isopod, St yloniscus otakensis, also from southern New Zealand.