Contents 



Page 



Foreword v 



Posthumous papers of M. A. Carriker, Jr 1 



I. The Mallophagan genus Menacanthus (Insecta: Menoponidae) 1 



parasitic on the woodpeckers (Aves: Picidae). 



II. New species of Trichodomedea (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) 22 

 from Neotropical galHnaceous hosts. 



III. Review of the genus Desumenopon (Mallophaga : Menoponidae) 30 



with descriptions of three new forms. 



IV. Review of the genus Cracimenopon (Mallophaga: Menoponi- 37 



dae) found on the avian genus Ortalis, with descriptions of 

 six new forms. 



V. New species of Colinicola, Passonomedea, Eiconolipeurus, and 46 

 Oxylipeurus (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) from Neotropical 

 gallinaceous birds. 



Catalog of forms described as new by M. A. Carriker Jr 57 



Families 57 



Subfamilies 58 



Genera and subgenera 58 



Species and subspecies 61 



Bibliography 135 



Index to catalosr 141 



