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Troehiliphagus latitemporalis, new species 



Figure 12,o 



Type, female adult, from Eutoxeres aquila munda Griscom, col- 

 lected by the author at Rio Jurubidd, Dep. Choc6, Colombia, Mar. 

 28, 1951, USNM 64888. Represented by the 9 holotype only. 



Diagnosis: Size large (body 3.75; head 0.89X0.80; frons 0.40); 

 frons uniformly rounded; sides of prothorax undulating; pleurites 

 extending beyond inner edge of abdominal carinae; anterior sclerite 

 of sucking apparatus, bearing stylet, very short and without basal 

 prongs; abdomen narrow (1.17). Measurements follow the next 

 species. 



Troehiliphagus abdominalis, new species 



Figure 12,6 



Type, female adult, from Anthrocothorax nigricollis iridescens 

 (Gould), collected by the author at Villa Felisa, Norte de Santander 

 Colombia, Oct. 22, 1947, in the collection of the author. Known 

 from 9 holotype only. 



Diagnosis: Frons uniformly rounded; size large (length 3.80; head 

 0.90 X 0.73) ; sides of prothorax slightly concave, same width as temples; 

 pleurites narrow, not reaching to submarginal carinae; anterior 

 sclerite of sucking apparatus long and slender, with well-developed 

 basal prongs; abdomen very wide (1.52). 



The measurements (in mm.) for T. latitemporalis and T. abdominalis 

 are as follows: 



T. latitemporalis T. abdominalis 



Female Female 



Length Width Length Width 



Body 3. 75 ._ 3. 80 



[frons __ 0. 40 __ 0. 39 



Head | temples .89 .80 .90 .73 



[occiput .82 .. .83 



Prothorax .54 .76 .54 .76 



Pterothorax .61 .96 .56 1. 22 



Abdomen 2. 10 1. 17 2. 00 1. 52 



Troehiliphagus (?) ochoterenai (Zavaleta), 1943 



Trochiloecetes ochoterenai Zavaleta, Tesis Univ. Mexico Fac. Cien., Dep. Biol., 

 p. 54, pi. 5, fig. c, 1943. Host: Selasphorus rufiis (Gmelin). 



I have examined two females of a Troehiliphagus from Selasphorus 

 rufus from the collection of Col. Emerson. One is fully adult, the 

 other slightly immature. They are extremely close to T. irazuensis 

 (Carriker), from S. flammula, the actual differences being too small 

 to merit nomenclatural recognition. 



