Object:

Yellow-eyed penguin louse, Austrogoniodes vanalphenae Banks & Palma, 2003; holotype

Registration Number  AI.012592
Phylum  Arthropoda
Class  Insecta
Order  Phthiraptera
Family  Philopteridae
Scientific NameType Status
Austrogoniodes vanalphenae Banks & Palma, 2003holotype
Identified Date  2003
Common / Maori name  Yellow-eyed penguin louse
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  South Island, Marlborough
Precise locality  Kaikoura, Marlborough
Collected By  Pilgrim, Robert
Date collected  26 Apr 1968
Section  Insects

Host Megadyptes antipodes

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