Mallophaga from <i>Apteryx</i>, and their Significance; with a Note on the Genus <i>Rallicola</i>

Abstract

Through the courtesy of Dr Hans Gadow I have had the opportunity of examining a number of skins of five species of Apteryx in the collection of the Cambridge University Museum. From these I have collected at least three species of Mallophaga, which I find to belong to the genus Rallicola . These are described below, with some discussion of the genus to which they belong, and of the significance of the occurrence of that genus upon Apteryx , from which no Mallophaga have previously been recorded.