Columbicola obliteratus Tendeiro, 1980

Adams, Richard J., Price, Roger D. & Clayton, Dale H., 2005, Taxonomic revision of Old World members of the feather louse genus Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), including descriptions of eight new species, Journal of Natural History 39 (41), pp. 3545-3618 : 3606-3608

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scientific name

Columbicola obliteratus Tendeiro
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Columbicola obliteratus Tendeiro View in CoL

( Figure 189 View Figures 165–189 ) Columbicola obliteratus Tendeiro 1980: 38 . Type host: Columba larvata Temminck.

Description

Male head as in Figure 189 View Figures 165–189 , elongate without posterior medial head setae; transverse anterior suture covered by dorsoanterior head plate; HW, 0.24; HL, 0.52; HL/HW, 2.17. Thorax with PW, 0.18; MW, 0.23. Body elongate. Each side of metanotum with 2 long, 2 short setae. TL, 2.06. Female similar to male, differing in dimensions: HW, 0.26; HL, 0.56; HL/HW, 2.15. Thorax with PW, 0.20; MW, 0.26. TL, 2.47.

Remarks

Tendeiro (1980) described this louse based on a male and female pair of poorly mounted specimens from Muana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were recorded as being deposited in the Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tevuren, Belgium, but we were unable to obtain them for study. All measurements were taken from Tendeiro (1980). Figure 189 View Figures 165–189 was redrawn from his Figure in order to facilitate identification. The distinguishing features of this louse are the complete lack of PMHS, and ‘‘obliteration’’ of the transverse anterior suture by the dorsoanterior head plate. The genitalia are poorly defined, with the only description of the male genitalia commenting on its elongate parameres, mesosome, and sclerotized lateral structures. The female subgenital plate groove was described as elongate, narrow anteriorly, and widening posteriorly.

Columbicola fradei View in CoL has also been recorded from C. larvata View in CoL , but it differs in head chaetotaxy, as well as the structure of the genitalia. Tendeiro (1980) originally placed C. obliteratus View in CoL in the columbae View in CoL group, but he subsequently left it out of the columbae View in CoL complex ( Tendeiro 1984).

Columbicola View in CoL seta (Piaget)

Nirmus View in CoL seta Piaget 1880: 667. Type host: Muscicapa sp. ( Passeriformes View in CoL : Muscicapidae View in CoL ).

Remarks

According to Hopkins and Clay (1952), the type specimen of this species is an unidentifiable Columbicola nymph. We therefore consider this name to be a nomen dubium.

Columbicola menura (Le Souëf and Bullen)

Lipeurus menura Le Souëf and Bullen 1902: 157 . Type host: Menura novaehollandiae Latham ( Passeriformes View in CoL : Menuridae View in CoL ).

Remarks

The series from which this louse was described has been lost and, unfortunately, neither the figure nor the written description is adequate to allow conclusive identification. For this reason, we support Tendeiro’s (1965) declaration of this species as a nomen dubium.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Philopteridae

Genus

Columbicola

Loc

Columbicola obliteratus Tendeiro

Adams, Richard J., Price, Roger D. & Clayton, Dale H. 2005
2005
Loc

Lipeurus menura Le Souëf and Bullen 1902: 157

Le Souef SA & Bullen H 1902: 157
1902
Loc

Nirmus

Piaget E 1880: 667
1880
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