The cursor species-group

Diagnosis. (1) Abdominal tergite III with postspiracular setae, (2) metanotum with 2 long and 1 medium posterolateral setae on each side, and (3) male genitalia without thickened central prolongation of basal apodeme (Figs 9, 14).

Here, we record one species of the cursor species-group from Japanese hosts: Strigiphilus cursor (Burmeister, 1838) . Uchida (1949) recorded specimens of this species as “ Philopterus cursor ” and as “ Philopterus cursor var laticephalus ” (see below).