Emerson (1964) states that the type host of this species could be 

 Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus or Cairina mosahata (Linnaeus), but believes 

 it to be Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard. 



Aix sponsa (Linnaeus) — Wood Duck seems to be the most common host 

 in this area. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



1 slide Aix sponsa Lenox, Mass. — Cornell Coll. 



1 slide " " Winchester, NH IX-22-1934 L.R.Nelson 



(USNM) 



KURODAIA 



Kurodaia Uchida, 1926. J. Coll. Agri. Tokyo, 9: 50. 



Type species: Colpoaephalum haliaetis Denny, 1842. 

 Nosopoios Eichler, 1940a. Zbl. Bakt. (I. Grig.), 145: 363. 



Type species: Menopon fulvofasciatum Piaget, 1880. 

 Conoiella Eichler, 1949a. Boll. Soc. Ent . Ital., 79: 11. 



Type species: Colpocephalim painei McGregor, 1912. 

 Ululoecus Ansari, 1951. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 17: 160. 



Type species: CucuHphilus (Ululoeous) panjabensis Ansari, 1951. 



Laterodorsal margins of head with deep, broad or narrow preocular 

 slit. Preantennal region laterally sinuate, swollen above bases of 

 antennae. Temporal lobes broadly rounded. Prothorax winged anteriorly; 

 mesothorax narrow and separated from metathorax by dorsal suture. Legs 

 stout; ventral surface of posterior femur with 3 or 4 combs of stout 

 setae. Abdomen robust, elongate-oval, with greatest width at segment 

 IV. Sternite III with 2 or more combs of 1 to 6 setae laterally. Male 

 genitalia large and complex. Female genital region with a row of setae 

 on posterior margin of vulva. 



Kurodaia aaadioae Price and Beer, 1963b 



Kurodaia aaadioae Price and Beer, 1963b. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 



56: 851, figs. 16-17. 

 Type host: Aegolius aaadious (Gmelin) — Saw-whet Owl. 



Price and Beer (1963b) give the following characteristics for this 

 species; distinctly different from all other Kurodaia in its head 

 chaetotaxy. Both lateral head setae, near preocular angle, of equal 

 length; 3 very long lateral, temporal setae, the anterior one being 

 shorter than the other 2; dorsal seta usually near setae complex. 

 Six to 7 metasternal setae; vulva with 16-22 marginal setae and 14-19 

 anterior setae. Postvulval plates each with 3-5 setae. Sternite III 

 with 2 comb rows, the first being very weak, with one 2-4 setae. 



Kurodaia flarrmei Price and Beer, 1963b 



Kurodaia flammei Price and Beer, 1963b. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 56: 



851, figs. 16 and 17. 

 Type host: Asio flamneus (Pontoppidan) — Short-eared Owl. 



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