Strigiphilus ceblebrachys ( Denny, 1842 )

Shimada, Megumi & Yoshizawa, Kazunori, 2020, A revision of Strigiphilus (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Japan, Zootaxa 4779 (4), pp. 501-521 : 514

Strigiphilus ceblebrachys ( Denny, 1842)

( Fig. 30–34 )

“ Pediculus strigis O. Fabricius, 1780: 216 ”. Not Pediculus strigis Pontoppidan, 1763 .

Type host: Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Docophorus ceblebrachys Denny, 1842: 45 , 92, pl. V, fig. 3.

Type host: Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Strigiphilus ceblebrachys ( Denny, 1842) ; Hopkins & Clay, 1952: 339.

Strigiphilus ceblebrachys ( Denny, 1842) ; Clayton & Price 1984: 353, figs 21, 42, 63.

Strigiphilus ceblebrachys ( Denny, 1842) ; Price et al. 2003: 239.

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from the other species of Japanese Strigiphilus by (1) its rounded head with a convex preconal area ( Figs 30, 33 ), (2) the shape of dorsal anterior plate ( Figs 31, 34 ) and (3) the configuration of the male genitalia ( Fig. 32 ).

Material examined. Ex Bubo scandiacus : 5♂, 5♀ (slide-mounted), Lake Kutcharo-ko, Hamatombetsu Town, Hokkaido, Japan, 20 Mar. 2015, Kan Konishi ( SEHU); 119♂, 262♀, 82N (preserved in alcohol), same data ( YIO) .

Japanese host: Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Other hosts: None.

Figures

FIGURES 30–34. Strigiphilus ceblebrachys: 30, male habitus. 31, male dorsal anterior plate. 32, male genitalia. 33, female habitus. 34, female dorsal anterior plate. Scale bar for 30 and 33: 0.5mm; for 31, 32 and 34: 0.1mm.