Columbicola clayae, Tendeiro, 1960

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 : 3597

18. clayae species group

The seven species in this group are from the host genera Treron , Columba , and Ptilinopus . They have the anterior marginal head carina rounded, complete ( Figure 158 ); body elongate; and each side of metanotum with three long, one short setae ( Figure 3 ). Male antenna with enlarged scape, spur on third segment; genitalic mesosome variable, rounded ( Figure 164 ), or triangular ( Figure 169 ), often with distinct anterior groove, and each side with three pores ( Figure 160 ); parameres with medial expansions. Female subgenital plate groove variable, rounded anteriorly; 0–5 short to minute lateral setae ( Figures 161 , 165 ).

Figures

Figures 147–164. Columbicola harrisoni: (147) female ventral terminalia. C. reedi: (148) male dorsal head; (149) female dorsal head; (150) male genitalia; (151) female ventral terminalia. C. gourae: (152) male dorsal head; (153) male genitalia; (154) female dorsal head; (155) female ventral terminalia. C. paradoxus: (156) male dorsal head; (157) male genitalia. C. clayae: (158) male dorsal head; (159) female dorsal head; (160) male genitalia; (161) female ventral terminalia. C. davisae: (162) male dorsal head; (163) female dorsal head; (164) male genitalia.

Figures 1–18. Columbicola columbae: (1) dorsal-ventral male. Columbicola male: (2) metanotal margin with two long, two short setal pattern; (3) metanotal margin with three long, one short setal pattern; (4) dorsoanterior head—a5anterior medial head setae (AMHS), b5posterior medial head setae (PMHS); (5) genitalia, width (GW); (6) body measurements—head length (HL), dorsoanterior head plate width (APW), head width (HW), scape length (SL), prothorax width (PW), metathorax width (MW), total length (TL). C. columbae: (7) male dorsal head (arrow5medioposterior head setae); (8) male genitalia; (9) female dorsal head; (10) female ventral terminalia. C. bacillus: (11) male genitalia; (12) female ventral terminalia. C. stresemanni: (13) male dorsal head; (14) female dorsal head. C. claviformis: (15) male dorsal head; (16) male genitalia; (17) female ventral terminalia. C. tschulyschman: (18) male dorsal head.

Figures 165–189. Columbicola davisae: (165) female ventral terminalia. C. insularis: (166) female dorsal head. C. elbeli: (167) male genitalia; (168) female ventral terminalia. C. phoenicopterae: (169) male genitalia; (170) female ventral terminalia. C. sphenurus: (171) male genitalia. C. wardi: (172) male genitalia; (173) female ventral terminalia. C. emersoni: (174) male dorsal head; (175) female dorsal head; (176) male genitalia; (177) female ventral terminalia. C. wecksteini: (178) male dorsal head; (179) female dorsal head; (180) male genitalia; (181) female ventral terminalia. C. curtus: (182) male dorsal head; (183) female dorsal head (missing antennae); (184) male genitalia. C. brygooi: (185) male genitalia; (186) female ventral terminalia. C. juliusriemeri: (187) male dorsal head; (188) male genitalia. C. obliteratus: (189) male dorsal head.