Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
Papers in this group tagged with "Phthiraptera"
-
The new genus Funiariphilus is described to include three new species from Peruvian hosts within the passerine family Furnariidae, subfamily Furnariinae: F. pagei, the type species of the genus, from Furnariiis leucopus Swainson; F. griffithsi from…
-
We describe the new species Saemundssonia boschi recently collected from Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla (Pallas)) in Alaska and review the 11 names previously applied to Saemundssonia Timmermann species from alcids. Saemundssonia procax (Kellogg and…
-
-
The menoponid genus Kaysius Price and Clayton, originally described as monotypic for K. emersoni Price and Clayton, is redefined and expanded to include two species previously placed in Machaerilaemus Harrison: Menopon tityrus Carriker and…
-
The diagnostic characteristics of the genus Ramphasticola Carriker are reevaluated. They are of sufficient magnitude to justify the removal of Ramphasticola from synonymy with Myrsidea Waterston and merit its recognition as a distinct genus. The…
-
Three new Australian philopterid chewing louse species from parrots are described and illustrated. They and their type hosts are Neopsittaconirmus vincesmithi from Bourke's parrot, Neopsephotus bourkii (Gould), from Western Australia and…
-
The new species Dennyus (Collodennyus) mimirogerorum from the Papuan swiftlet, Aerodramus papuensis (Rand), from Papua New Guinea and D. (C.) bartoni from the Philippine swiftlet, A. mearnsi (Oberholser), from the Philippines are described and…
-
Two new species of Myrsidea are described and illustrated: M. castanonotae from the type host Ptilorrhoa castanonota, the chestnut-backed jewel-babbler, and M. leucostictae from the type host Ptilorrhoa leucosticta, the spotted jewel-babbler. These…
-
Two new species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Gyropidae) from high-elevation Peruvian rodents are described and illustrated: Gliricola cutkompi from Cuscomys ashaninka Emmons (Abrocomidae) and G. brooksae from Dactylomysperuanus (J. A. Allen)…

