Pectinopygus socotranus Timmermann, 1964

Nasser, Mohamed Gamal El-Den, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Ansari, Mohammad Javed & Shobrak, Mohammed Y., 2015, Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) infesting breeding Suliformes (Aves: Aequornithes) of the Arabian Peninsula, African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 709-709 : 713

Pectinopygus socotranus Timmermann, 1964

Fig. 3a, b

Pectinopygus socotranus Timmermann, 1964: 274 .

Description:

Measurements: Male (n= 3): HL: 0.57–0.58; HW: 0.46–0.47; HI: 1.24–1.27; TL: 0.5; AL: 1.95–1.97; Total L: 3.02–3.09. Female (n =3): HL: 0.60–0.62; HW: 0.47–0.48; HI: 1.28–1.29; TL: 0.56–0.57; AL: 1.72–1.74; Total L: 2.88–2.90.

Head conical in shape with few lateral setae, frontal part slightly expanded; antenna sexUally dimorphic, in male elbowed in shape, in female filiform, first antennal segment of male slightly longer than all the other segments combined, all antennal segments of female eqUal in siZe, brown, temporal margin flatly convex. Thorax trapeZoidal in shape with very short fore legs and very long mid and hind legs, the hind legs are the longest; metathorax with irregular margins with three long setae on posterior lateral margin. Abdomen elongated, female abdomen with grainy texture, tergal and sternal plates with two short central setae; 9 th segment of female deeply angularly emarginated with numerous setae; male genitalia asymmetrical.

Material examined: Ex Phalacrocorax nigrogularis , 9♀ Karan Island , SaUdi Arabia, 17 JUne 2012 .

Known hosts

Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes , Socotra cormorant.

Local host

Phalacrocorax nigrogularis , Socotra cormorant.

Figures

Fig.3. (a) Female Pectinopygus socotranus Timmermann; (b) male Pectinopygus socotranus Timmermann; (c) female Pectinopygus sulae (Rudow); (d) male Pectinopygus sulae (Rudow).