Columbicola fortis (Taschenberg, 1882)

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 : 3579

9. fortis species group

This group contains a single species from the host genus Otidiphaps . It has a very broad head, with both anterior and posterior thickenings ( Figures 102, 103 ); body oblong; each side of metanotum with two long, two short setae ( Figure 2 ). Male antenna with enlarged scape, spur on third segment ( Figure 102 ); parameres wide ( Figure 104 ); mesosome rectangular, rounded, expanded anteriorly; four pores, one lateral sclerite on each side. Each side of female subgenital plate with 4–5 long setae; subgenital plate groove elongate, narrow ( Figure 105 ).

Figures

Figures 95–111. Columbicola effeminatus: (95) female dorsal head; (96) male genitalia; (97) female ventral terminalia. C. becheti: (98) male dorsal head; (99) male genitalia; (100) female dorsal head; (101) female ventral terminalia. C. fortis: (102) male dorsal head; (103) female dorsal head; (104) male genitalia; (105) female ventral terminalia. C. tasmaniensis: (106) male genitalia; (107) female ventral terminalia. C. mjoebergi: (108) male dorsal head; (109) female dorsal head; (110) male genitalia; (111) female ventral terminalia.

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.