I very short; posterior femur with a patch of fine setae ventrally. 

 Abdomen broad and short, paratergal plates with a marginal row of 

 spines and setae and a small tuft of long hair-like setae. Tergites 

 bare except for a single transverse row of closely set setae. Sternites 

 V, VI, and VII with a patch of fine setae at each posterolateral angle. 

 Male genitalia symmetrical with short, wide basal plate. Parameres 

 short, clasper-like and free, extending posteriorly beyond preputial 

 sac. Female genital region with sternites VIII and IX fused into a 

 single, short plate; margin of vulva convex with a corona of fine setae. 



Mallophaga of the genus Eurewi are ectoparasitic on members of 

 the family Apodidae (Swifts) of the order Apodiformes. This genus 

 contains about 7 species, one of which is known to occur on a host found 

 in New England. 



Euveum ewingi Eichler, 1942c 



"Eurewn ci-micoides Nitzsch" Ewing, 1930 {nee Burmeister, 1838). 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 2843, 77: 10, figs. 5 and 7e. 

 Eureym ewingi Eichler, 1942c. Zool. Anz., 138: 179 {nn for 



"Euveum cimicoides Nitzsch" Ewing, 1930). 

 Type host: Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus) — Chimney Swift. 



No Eureum ewingi Eichler, 1942, were collected. 



HOHORSTIELLA 



Hohorstiella Eichler , 1940a. Zbl. Bakt . (I. Grig.), 145: 362. 



Type species: Menopon latum Piaget, 1880. 

 Columbimenopon Ansari, 1951. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 17: 130. 



Type species: Columbimenopon modestim Ansari, 1951. 



Medium-sized Menoponidae with general characters of head as in 

 Menaaanthus Neumann, 1912. Head wider than long, laterodorsal margin 

 with deep, narrow preocular slit. Temporal lobes broadly rounded. 

 Ventral surface of head with a pair of sclerotized, posteriorly pro- 

 jecting short processes, deeply colored in adult specimens and with 

 inwardly-curved tips. Distal anterior angle of 2nd segment of anten- 

 nae greatly prolonged and rounded. Pro- and pterothorax of normal 

 size and appearance. Legs large, especially posterior pair. Abdomen 

 elongate-oval. Some abdominal pleurites in both sexes prolonged pos- 

 teriorly. Posterior femur and abdominal sternites IV-V or III-VI with 

 scattered or thick brushes of stout setae. 



Hohorstiella lata (Piaget, 1880) 



Menopon latum Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines : 457, pi. 37, fig. 1. 

 Type host: Domestic Pigeon. 



This is the only known species of the genus found in New England. 

 The only other possible host for this genus in this area is Zenaidura 

 macroura (Linnaeus) — the Mourning Dove, however, the genus Hohorstiella 

 has never been reported from it. The description of the genus will 

 serve to place this Mallophaga to species. 



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