TYPE SPECIMENS OF LICE IN USNM — JOHNSON 



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preserved specimen has been designated lectotype and circled v. ith a 

 diamond point pencil. 



Present status: Solenopotes panamensis (Ewing), 1927. Ferris 

 (Stanford Univ. Publ. Biol. Sci., vol. 2, No. 5, p. 131, 1932) has 

 placed panamensis as a synonym of binipilosus (Fahrenholz) , 1916. 

 A re-examination of Ev/ing's type series shows that panamensis is a 

 recognizable species, differing from binipilosus in having the postero- 

 lateral margins of the head much more strongly convergent posteriorly 

 and the apical lobes of the female abdomen with a short slender 

 terminal portion as in Solenopotes capillatus (Enderlein), 1904, not 

 with tlie apical lobes gradually constricted into long, tapering lobes. 

 S. panamensis is separable from capillatus in that the abdominal 

 spu-acles are not protuberant, and the anterior part of the head is 

 narrower and more elongate. There appears to be doubt as to the 

 true hosts and geographical distribution of binipilosus and panamensis. 

 There are specimens of binipilosus in the U. S. National Museum col- 

 lection from "deer" from Guatemala, and from Odocoileus species 

 from Arizona, Florida, and Texas. Binipilosus has also been recorded 

 from 0. virginianus chiriqvensis, Panama, by Ferris (Stanford Univ. 

 Publ. Biol. Sci., vol. 2, No. 5, p. 131, fig. 245, 1932). It is highly 

 possible that the occurrence of jmnamensis on Odocoileus inrginianus 

 chiriquensis was accidental, the true host being some other ungulate 

 with which the deer had come in contact while in the zoo. 



List of Species 



africanus Ewing, Proenderleinellus (p. 



47) 

 alaskensis Ewing, Polyplax (p. 46) 

 americanus Ewing, Eulinognathus (p. 40) 

 aniennaius (Osborn). Neohaematopinus 



[Haemaiopinus] (p. 42) 

 atelophilus Ewing, Pediculiis (p. 44) 

 chapini Ewing, Pediculus (p. 45) 

 columhianus (Osborn), Neohaematopi- 

 nus [Haematopimis] (p. 42) 

 dentalicornis Ewing, Polyplax (p. 46) 

 erismata Ferris, Hoplopleura (p. 41) 

 eropepli (Ewing), Polyplax [Eremo- 



phthirius] (p. 47) 

 ferrisi Fahrenholz, Prolinognathiis (p. 



47) 

 gorillae Ewing, Phthirus (p. 45) 

 hesperomydis (Osborn), Hoplopleura 



[Haemaiopinus] (p. 41) 

 javalii Babcock and Ewing, Pecaroecus 



(p. 44) 

 longiceps Ewing, Scipio (p. 48) 



mathesoni Rubin, Neohaematopinus (p. 



43) 

 monlanus (Osborn), Neohaematopinus 



[Haemaiopinus] (p. 43) 

 oryzomydis Pratt and Lane, Hoplopleura 



(p. 42) 

 panamensis (Ewing), Solenopotes [Linog- 



nathtis] (p. 48) 

 patiki Rubin, Neohaematopinus (p. 43) 

 propitheci Ewing, Phthirpediculus (p. 



45) 

 pseudohumanus Ewing, Pediculus (p. 45) 

 setoni Ewing, Haemodipsus (p. 41) 

 simiae Ewing, Pediculus (p. 45) 

 squamosus Osborn, Haemalopinoidcs (p. 



40) 

 suturalis (Osborn), Enderleinellus [Hae- 

 maiopinus] (p. 40) 

 tarsomydis Ewing, Polyplax (p. 47) 

 traubi Rubin, Neohaematopinus (p. 44) 

 verruculosus Ward, Lemurphthirus (p. 



42) 



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