First records of marsupial lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Boopiidae) on a brushtailed rock wallaby from New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-164

  Palma, Ricardo L ^a  

^a MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boopiidae; Ectoparasites; First records; Host switching; Lice; New host record; New Zealand marsupials; Phthiraptera; Wallabies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000319992     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518075     Document Type: Article

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