Colpocephalum caudatwn longipes Piaget, 1885 (nee 1880). Les 



Pediculines , Supplement: 125. 

 Colpocephalum latifasciatim Piaget, 1885. Les Pediculines, 



Supplement: 130, pi. 14, fig. 2. 

 Colpooephalum osbomi costaricense Carriker, 1903. Univ. Stud. 



Nebr., 3: 172. 

 Colpooephalum abruptofasoiatum Mjoberg, 1910. Ark. Zool. 6: 36. 



fig. 23. 

 Neoaolpoaephalun gypae Qadri, 1935. Zeit. Parasit., 8: 229, 



fig. 3. 

 Neoeolpoaephalum tricinotum wetzeli Eichler, 1941. Arch. 



Naturgesch., B (n. f.), 10: 374, fig. 23. 

 Vulturigogus eugenii Eichler and Zlotorzycka, 1963. Acta 



Parasit. Polon. , 11: 207, fig. 4 and pi. 1, figs. 2 and 3. 

 Vulturigogus femellus Eichler and Zlotorzycka, 1963. Acta 



Parasit. Polon., 11: 209, pi. 1, fig. 4. 

 Type host: Domestic pigeon. 

 Other New England hosts: 



Haliaeetus leucoaephalus (Linnaeus) — Bald Eagle. 



Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus) — Marsh Hawk. 



Buteo jamaioensis (Gmelin) — Red-tailed Hawk. 



This is the only species of Colpocephalum placed in the turhinatum- 

 group by Price and Beer (1963a) that is found on New England 

 Falconiformes . The characteristics of this group are: 



1. Mid-dorsal head setae long. 



2. All occipital setae long. 



3. Margin of prothorax with 5 long and 3 short setae on each side. 



4. Female with abdominal tergite II longer than tergite III and with 

 group of long median tergocentral setae. 



5. Female with tergites III-IX tripartite. 



6. Anus of 9 indented dorsally, with dorsal and ventral inner setae. 



7. Vulva flattened, with pronounced lateral row of hooked setae. 



8. Male genitalia with a pair of pointed latero-posterior projections on 

 the genital sclerite; penis barbed. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



2 9 , 1 cf Circus cyaneus — — UNH 



Colpocephalum zerafae Ansari, 1955 



Colpocephalum zerafae Ansari, 1955. Proc. VII Pak. Sci. Conf.,: 



52. Also described as a new species in Ind. J. Ent . , 17 (1956): 



399 and Ind. J. Ent., 18 (1957): 428. 

 Colpocephalum falconii falconii Carriker, 1963. Mem. Soc. Cien. 



Nat. LaSalle, 23: 9, pi. lb, figs. 1, 3a, and 4c. 

 Colpocephalum falconii caerulescens Carriker, 1963. Mem. Soc. 



Cien. Nat. LaSalle, 23: 11, pi. lb, fig. 4b, pi. 4, fig. 4. 

 Colpocephalum falconii rufigularis Carriker, 1963. Mem. Soc. 



Cien. Nat. LaSalle, 23: 11, pi. lb, fig. 2; pi. 2, fig. 2a; 



pi. 4, fig. 3b. 



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