Type host: Thalasseus bergi (Lichtenstein) • 

 New England hosts: 



Sterna hirimdo Linnaeus — Common Tern. 



Sterma paradisaea Pontoppidan — Arctic Tern. 



Sterna dougallii Montagu — Roseate Tern. 



Sterna albifrons Pallas — Least Tern. 



Peters (1936) lists Menopon sp. from Sterna dougallii Montagu from 

 Massachusetts. This is probably an Austromenopon atrofulvwn and is the 

 only recorded mention of a collection from the New England area. 



Austromenopon corporosun (Kellogg and Kuwana, 1900) 



Menopon corporosum Kellogg and Kuwana, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Philad., 23: 158, pi. 7, fig. 5. 

 Type host: Phalaropus futioarius (Linnaeus) — Red Phalarope. 



This species along with A. spencevi Timmermann from Lobipes 

 lobatus (Linnaeus) — Northern Phalarope may eventually be found in New 

 England. They are mentioned together because Clay (1959) states that, 

 "There is insufficient material available to show whether A. spenceri 

 Timmermann, 1956, can be separated from corporosum." 



Austromenopon durisetosum (Blagoveshtchensky, 1948) 



Menopon durisetosum Blagoveshtchensky, 1948. Mag. Parasit., 

 Leningr., 10: 263, fig. 3. 



This species has not been recorded from the United States and be- 

 yond the fact that it is parasitic upon the Common Snipe, I have no 

 information concerning it. 



Austromenopon merguli Timmermann, 1954c 



Austromenopon merguli Timmermann, 1954c. Bonn. Zoll. Beitr., 5: 



197. 

 Type host: Plautus alle (Linnaeus) — Dovekie. 



When Peters (1936) recorded Holomenopon loomisii (Kellogg and 

 Chapman) from the Dovekie in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and South 

 Carolina, he undoubtedly meant this species of Austromenopon. 



Measurements : 



Id- 



5 9 (Average) 



.25 

 .48 

 .41 

 .50 

 .94 

 .70 

 1.56 



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