Apterygon: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Psocodea
- Family
- Menoponidae
- Genus
- Apterygon
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Apterygon
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Apterygon
Apterygon is a genus of louse. It is endemic to New Zealand and is an ectoparasite of kiwi birds (Apteryx). Theresa Clay circumscribed the genus in 1961. In 1947, she had referred to this genus as "New Genus D", but it was not formally named as she needed to confirm the host of her specimen as well as additional material.
...Apterygon in languages:
- English
- Amblyceran Kiwi Lice
- English
- Menoponid Kiwi Lice
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Actornithophilus
- Amyrsidea
- Ancistrona
- Apterygon
- Ardeiphilus
- Austromenopon
- Bonomiella
- Ciconiphilus
- Colimenopon
- Colpocephalum
- Comatomenopon
- Dennyus
- Eidmanniella
- Eomenacanthus
- Eucolpocephalum
- Eureum
- Franciscoloa
- Fregatiella
- Gruimenopon
- Helenomus
- Heleonomus
- Heteromenopon
- Hohorstiella
- Holomenopon
- Kurodaia
- Longimenopon
- Machaerilaemus
- Menacanthus
- Menopon
- Meromenopon
- Myrsidea
- Neocolpocephalum
- Nosopon
- Osborniella
- Pelecanigogus
- Piagetiella
- Picusphilus
- Plegadiphilus
- Procellariphaga
- Pseudomenopon
- Tendeiroella
- Trinoton
- Upupacanthus