Forehead reduced and evenly rounded in front; laterodorsal margin 

 with shallow notch or narrow preocular slit; antennal fossae covered by 

 a transversely sutured expansion of the head; antennae 5 segmented, the 

 3rd segment showing a suture at the base, the 5th segment elongate and 

 cylindrical. Eyes absent. Gular plate well developed. Presternum with 

 2 median setae, mesosternum with more than 2 median setae. Legs with 

 1st tibia without spurs at distal end; 2nd and 3rd tibiae provided with 

 tibial spurs. Third femora and sternites III-IV or V, IV-V or IV-VI 

 with thick or scattered brushes of small and normal setae; sternites 

 III and VII may have more scattered brushes; sternal brushes may be 

 absent; abdomen with or without internal pleural thickening. 



Amyrsidea megalosoma (Overgaard, 1943) 



Menopon megatosomum Overgaard, 1943. Ent . Medd., 23: 13, figs. 5-6. 

 Menopon nexapilosus Vrazic, 1956. Vet. Arhiv. Zagreb, 26: 121, 



126, and 129. 

 Type host: Phasianus cotahiaus Linnaeus — Ring-necked pheasant. 

 Other New England host: 

 Bonasa umbetlus (Linnaeus) — Ruffed Grouse. 



In the medial part of each abdominal segment a group of posteriorly 

 directed long hairs are found. Two parallel rows of 4-6 long hairs are 

 found on the posterior margin of the ventral aspect of the head. Lat- 

 eral edges of the abdominal pleurites protruding and dark brown. 



Measurements of 10 a" and 10 9 (Averages) : 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Total Length 



.34 d 



.64 cT 



1.83 cf 



.35 9 



.68 9 



2.19 9 



Specimens Host Locality 



1 slide Phasianus aolahicus Winchester, NH 



3 slides 



Date 



Collector 



VII-20-1932 L.R.Nelson 

 (USNM) 

 W. Greenwich, RI IV-15-1958 J.A.Mathewson 



(USNM) 



AUSTROMENOPON 



Austromenopon Bedford, 1939. Onderstpoort J. Vet. Sci. 



Type species: Menopon oroaatwn Nitzsch, 1866. 

 Australmenopon Conci, 1942. Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital., 74: 



Type species: Menopon cinevea Thompson, 1939. 



12: 122. 



30. 



Head about twice as broad as long; the laterodorsal margins without 

 a preocular notch or slit; cavity between laterodorsal and lateroven- 

 tral margins of head pouch-like and usually deep, with a basal thick- 

 ening passing up to the laterodorsal margin and not roofed over distally 

 by the fusion between dorsal and ventral margins. Antennae 4 seg- 



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