Mallophaga from Apteryx, and Their Significance, with a note on the Genus Rallicola

Authors

Launcelot Harrison, University of Sydney

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

6-25-1915

Citation

Parasitology (June 25, 1915) 8(1): 88-100.

Comments

Public domain material.

Abstract

Regards the skins of five species of Apteryx in the collection at the Cambridge University Museum in England. From these were collected three species of Mallophaga belonging to the genus Rallicola. These are described with discussion about the significance of this occurrence upon Apteryx, from which no Mallophaga have previously been recorded.