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BULLETIN 140, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Female 9.2 to 9.6 mm. long by 200 to 260/a wide. Buccal cavity 

 32 to 37/u, long; first part of esophagus 280 to 330/u,, second part 1.8(5 

 to 1.90 mm. long. Anus (fig. 2606) 110/x, from tail end. Vulva 

 1.52 to 1.97 mm. from head end. Eggs 48 to 49/t long by 29 to 30/* 

 wide. 



Life history. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — Africa (Abomey, Dahomey). 



Fig. 260. — Hadjelia parva. a, Male tail; b, female tail. After Gendre, 1922 

 HADJELIA TRUNCATA (Creplin, 1825) Gendre, 1921c 



/Synonyms. — Spiroptera upupae Rudolphi, 1819, nomen nudum; 

 Spiroptera truncata Creplin, 1825; Bispharagus truncatus (Creplin, 

 1825) Dujardin, 1845; Acuaria upupce-epopis Molin, 18606. 



Hosts. — Primary: Coracias garrula and Upupa epops; secondary: 

 Unknown. 



Morphology. — Hadjelia (p. 187): Body slender; color, red. 

 Mouth (fig. 261a) with 2 large lips, their base concave, their anterior 



Fig. 261. — Hadjelia truncata. a, Head; b, male tail. After Mueller, 1897 



portion projecting sharply outward; cuticular collar with 6 lobes, 

 anteriorly directed, 2 of which (the laterals?) are large and rounded, 

 the other 4 (dorsals and ventrals?) slender and sharply pointed. 

 Four papillae. Cuticle transversely striated. 



Male 5 to 7 mm. long. Caudal extremity (fig. 2616) curled in 

 semispiral; caudal alae long, the right ala a little longer than the 

 left, according to Mueller. Six pairs of long caudal papillae, of 

 which 4 are preanal and 2 postanal. Spicules very unequal, the left 

 1.6 mm. long, the right 220//, long. 



