Machaerilaemus maestus ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899 )

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Machaerilaemus maestus ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899)

Menopon maestum Kellogg & Chapman, 1899: 130 , pl. 9: fig. 2.

Menopon maestum Kellogg & Chapman, 1899 ; Harrison 1916: 40.

Machaerilaemus maestus ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Carriker 1944b: 71.

Machaerilaemus maestus ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 203.

Machaerilaemus maestus ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Price et al. 2002: 65, figs 8–9.

Machaerilaemus maestus ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) ; Price et al. 2003: 116.

Syntypes ♀♀ in EMEC .

Type host: Zonotrichia atricapilla (Gmelin, 1789) .

Chilean hosts: Cinclodes fuscus (Vieillot, 1818) ; Muscisaxicola maculirostris d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 ; Muscisaxicola rufivertex d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 .

Other hosts: Sixteen species of the genera: Agriornis , Aimophila , Buthraupis , Junco , Melospiza , Muscisaxicola , Passerculus , Passerella , Pipilo , Polioxolmis , Pooecetes , Thripophaga , Toxostoma , Tachuris and Zonotrichia (see Price et al. 2003: 116).

Chilean localities: Not given.

Geographic distribution: North, Central and South America.

Chilean reference: Price et al. (2002: 67).

Other significant reference: Price et al. (2003).

Remarks: Price et al. (2002: 65) established eight new junior synonyms of Machaerilaemus maestus based on the examination of over 80 specimens, including seven holotypes, and from a wide range of hosts.

Genus Menacanthus Neumann, 1912

Menopon (Menacanthus) Neumann, 1912 . Arch. Parasitol., Paris 15 (3), 354. Type species: Menopon robustum Kellogg, 1896b = Menacanthus robustus ( Kellogg, 1896b) (by original designation).

Eomenacanthus Uchida, 1926 . Jour. Coll. Agric. Tokyo 9, 30. Type species: Eomenacanthus biseriatus (Piaget) = Menacanthus stramineus ( Nitzsch, 1818) (by original designation).