Type host: Falco jugger J. E. Gray. 

 New England hosts: 



Falao sparverius Linnaeus — Sparrow Hawk. 



Falao columbarius Linnaeus — Pigeon Hawk. 



This is the only species in the zerafae-gvoup erected by Price and 

 Beer (1963a) found in New England. 



1. Mid-dorsal head setae minute. 



2. Occipital setae long. 



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



A. Female with abdominal tergites all essentially same length and un- 

 divided. 



5. Anus of female slightly indented dorsally, usually with both dorsal 

 and ventral inner setae. 



6. Vulva broadly rounded, with weak row of lateral hooked setae. 



7. Male genitalia without latero-posterior projections on genital 

 sclerite; penis without barbs and tapered at tip. 



CUCULIPHILUS 



CucuHphilus Uchida, 1926. J. Coll. Agri. Tokyo, 9: 47. 



Type species: Pedioulus fasoiatus Scopoli, 1763. 

 Falcophilus Guimavaes, 1942. Pap. Avulsos , Dept. Zool. S. Paulo, 2: 



241. 



Type species: Menopon altevnatim Osborn, 1902, 

 Aegypiphilus Eichler, 1944. Dtsch. Ent . Zeitr. , 1943: 56. 



Type species: Aegypiphilus gypsis Eichler, 1944. 

 Vulturiphilus Eichler, 1948a. Entomologist, 81: 251 (nn for Falcophilus 



Guimaraes , 1942) . 



Laterodorsal margin of head with deep, narrow, preocular slit. 

 Terminal segments of antennae with definite indication of division into 

 2. Prosternum with 2 median setae. Combs of stout setae present on 

 venter of posterior femur. Lateral margins of tergites with or without 

 internal sclerotic buttresses. Two or more combs of setae present on 

 each side of median line on abdominal sternites III-IV of female and 

 abdominal sternites III-V of male. 



At the present time, there are no described species of this genus 

 recognized as being on New England birds. 



CucuHphilus decoratum (Kellogg, 1896) 



Menopon decoratum Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 526, 



pi. 72, fig. 2. 

 Type host: Unknown. 



The host record given by Kellogg, Elanus leucuvus ^ is an error. 

 Emerson (1949a) changed the host record to Coocyzus americanus 

 ocaidentalis Ridgway. Scharf and Price (1965) after studying specimens 

 of CucuHphilus from Coccysus americanus americanus consider that the 



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