These measurements are all from Mallophaga taken from the type 

 host. Whether the measurements will be the same from those collected 

 from Aatitis macularis remains to be seen. No specimens were collected. 



Aatornithophilus hoplopteri maculosus Carriker, 1963a. 



Actomithophilus hoplopteri maculosus Carriker, 1963a. Rev. 



Brasil Biol., 23: 295, fig. 3 

 Type host: Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus — Killdeer. 



No specimens of this Mallophaga have been found. 



Peters (1936) reports Actomithophilus aegiaitidis (Durrant , 1906) 

 from a Killdeer in New Hampshire but this is an Austromenopon. 



Actomithophilus limarius Clay, 1962 



Actomithophilus limarius Clay, 1962. Brit. Mus . (N. H.), 11: 



222, pi. 5, figs. 2 and 5; pi. 11, fig. 4. 

 Type host: Limnodromus soolopaceus (Say) — Long-tailed Dowitcher. 

 Other North American host: 

 Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin) — Short-tailed Dowitcher. 



Miss Clay described this species from 56 males and 45 females from 

 Limnodromus scolopaceus in California and 55 males and 45 females from 

 L. griseus in South Carolina. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



1 imm. Limnodromus griseus Phippsburg, Me. VII-19-1964 J.E.K. 



This may be A. limnaris Clay, 1962. 



Measurements of A. limnaris Clay, 1962: 



Head Length .32 .35 



Head Width .46 .49 



Prothorax Width .34 .35 



Metathorax Width .42 .48 



Abdomen Length 1.15 1.38 



Abdomen Width .55 .66 



Total Length 1.85 2.12 



Actomithophilus ocellatus (Rudow, 1869) 



Colpocephalum ocellatum Rudow, 1869. Z. ges. NatWiss., 34: 392. 

 Type host: Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus) — Whimbrel. 



There are no records of this species being taken in the New England 

 area. 



Actomithophilus ochraceus (Nitzsch, 1818) 



Liotheum oohracevm Nitzsch, 1818. Germar's Mag. Ent . , 3: 299. 

 Colpocephalum flavipes Giebel, 1874. Insecta Epizoa: 276. 

 Colpocephalum timidim Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 

 109, pi. 12, fig. 6. 



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