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Forficuloecus forficula (Piaget, 1871)

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Forficuloecus forficula (Piaget, 1871)
Forficuloecus forficula (Piaget, 1871)
Palma RL 2025: Identification of a louse species previously recorded as genus only in New Zealand. The Weta 58: 74–73.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Palma RL (2025)
on Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius, in NZ

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Piaget
Piaget
Palma RL 2025: Identification of a louse species previously recorded as genus only in New Zealand. The Weta 58: 74–73.
1871
ICZN
species
Forficuloecus forficula

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Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Forficuloecus
forficula

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Forficuloecus forficula (Piaget, 1871)
Forficuloecus forficula (Piaget)
Palma RL (2025)
Forficuloecus forficula (Piaget, 1871)
Forficuloecus

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4 August 2025
10 November 2025
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