Kellogg (1896) described this species as follows: 



Head semilunar with evenly rounded front , shallow 

 ocular emarginations , and rounded posterior angles; 

 occipital margin concave; a small, black, ocular 

 fleck, dark brown ocular blotch. Prothorax with 

 produced lateral angles obtuse, bearing 2 spines 

 and a long hair. Metathorax with divergent sides, 

 not quite as wide as head, with flatly convex 

 posterior margin bearing a series of long hairs. 

 Abdomen ovate, with broad transverse bands across 

 all segments separated by wide uncolored sutures. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



3 9 , 1 cf Melanitta deglandi Hampton, NH XI-2-1965 B.Barrett 



Measurements : d" 9 9 (Kellogg Type) 



Head Length .27 



Head Width .52 



Prothorax Width .42 



Metathorax Width .46 



Abdomen Length .79 



Abdomen Width .64 



Total Length 1.51 



Holomenopon lunarium (Rudow, 1869) 



Menopon lunarium Rudow, 1869. Z. ges. NatWiss., 34: 402. 

 Type host: Oidemia nigra (Linnaeus) — Common Scoter. 



I have not seen the original description of this species. However, 

 I have collected 1 cT and 2 9 Holomenopon from Oidema nigra (Linnaeus) , 

 Hampton, New Hampshire, November 20, 1963, which are probably referable 

 to this species. 



Measurements : cf 2 9 



Head Length .27 



Head Width .45 



Prothorax Width .34 



Metathorax Width .46 



Abdomen Length .88 



Abdomen Width .69 



Total Length 1.48 



Holomenopon transvaalense (Bedford, 1920) 



Menopon africanum transvaalensis Bedford, 1920. Rept. Vet. Res. S. 



Africa, 7-8: 716. 

 Holomenopon maxbeireri Eichler, 1954. Mh. Vet. Med., 9: 284, figs. 



1-5. 

 Type host: Domestic duck. 



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