Colpooephalum perplanum Kellogg and Chapman, 1899. Occ. Pap. 



Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 109, pi. 7, fig. 8. 

 Aatomithophilus perrarus Blagoveshtchensky, 1948. Mag. Parasit., 



Leningr., 10: 270, fig. 8. 

 Type host: Pluvialis apriaavia (Linnaeus) — Eurasian Golden 



Plover. 

 New England hosts: 



Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte — Semipalmated Plover. 



Charadrius melodus Ord — Piping Plover. 



Pluvialis dominica (Muller) — American Golden Plover. (Occasional 

 in New England associated with Fall easterly storms). 



Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus) — Black-bellied Plover. 



Specimens Host 



Locality 



Date 



Collector 



Id*, 1 imm. Charadrius semipalmatus Brunswick, Me. IX-1-1964 H. Tyler 

 2 0*, 6 9 Squatarola squatarola Hampton, NH X-11-1964 J.E.K. 

 1 imm. " " Brunswick, Me. X-27-1964 H. Tyler 



Measurements of A. oahraoeus from Squatarola squatarola: 



2d 6 9 (range) 



.33 - .36 



.48 - .55 

 .34 - .37 

 .46 - .51 



1.09 - 1.27 

 .64 - .73 



1.80 - 2.01 



Peters (1928) has reported this species from Ohio, and Peters 

 (1936) reports it from Georgia, Illinois, and South Carolina. Brimley 

 (1938) reports it from North Carolina. 



Aatomithophilus paludosus Clay, 1962 



Aatomithophilus paludosus Clay, 1962. Bull. Brit. Mus . (N.H.) 



Ent., 11: 219, pi. 5, figs. 3 and 6: text fig. 47. 

 Type host: Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus) . 

 North American host: 



Totanus melanoleuous (Gmelin) — Greater Yellowlegs. 



This species is recognized by the presence of long dorsal setae on 

 the metathorax and by the prosternal plate not enclosing the prosternal 

 setae. 



Specimens Host Locality 



3o" , 3? , Totanus melanoleuaus Durham, NH 

 1 imm. 



Date 



VIII-30-1965 



Collector 



J.E.K. 



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