Marginal prothoracic seta long, attaining half the length of the 

 adjacent setae. Inner posterior setae on abdominal tergite IX usually 

 of 3 or 4 medium setae, less often 2; all other Kurodata from New 

 England typically have only 2 setae in this position. Plates posterior 

 to the vulva with 4-5 setae on each. Metasternum with 5-6 setae. 



Kurodaia fulvofasciata (Piaget, 1880) 



Menopon fulvofasciatum Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines: 429, pi. 11, 



fig. 9. 

 Colpoaephalum menoponoides Ewing, 1930. Proc. Ent . Soc. Wash., 32: 



117. 

 Ewcodaia taguatoi Eichler, 1952b. Zool. Anz., 149: 258, figs. 



12-14. 

 Type host: Buteo buteo (Linnaeus). 

 New England hosts : 



Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin) — Red-tailed Hawk. 



Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan) — Rough-legged Hawk. 



Buteo lineatus (Gmelin) — Red-shouldered Hawk. 



Buteo platypterus (Viellot) — Broad-winged Hawk. 



Circus cygnus (Linnaeus) — Marsh Hawk. 



Hdliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus) — Bald-Eagle. 



After examining quite a large number of hawks I must agree with 

 Price and Beer (1963c) that aside from Kurodaia haliaeeti , lice of this 

 genus are not very common on hawks. 



Kurodaia haliaeeti (Denny, 1842) 



Colpoaepha'lum haliaeeti Denny, 1942. Mon. Anopl. Brit.: 199 and 



216, pi. 19, fig. 1. 

 Colpoaephalum paohygaster Giebel, 1874. Insecta Epizoa: 264. 

 Type host: Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus) — Osprey. 



Kurodaia haliaeeti is known only from the Osprey but it is by far 

 the most common member of the genus to be found on the Falconiformes . 

 The only Osprey examined was a study bird skin in the University of 

 New Hampshire Collection. One male and one female Kurodaia haliaeeti 

 (Denny, 1842) were taken. 



Measurements : cT 9 



Head Length .30 .31 



Head Width .58 .63 



Prothorax Width .42 .45 



Metathorax Width .52 .58 



Abdomen Length .85 1.11 



Abdomen Width .70 .87 



Total Length 1.53 1.86 



Kurodaia magna Emerson, 1960a 



Kurodaia magna Emerson, 1960a. Ent. News, 71: 169, figs. 1-3. 

 Kurodaia eckoardsi Emerson, 1961. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 74: 190, 



figs. 3-4. 

 Type host: Strix varia Barton — Barred Owl. 

 Other New England host: 

 Bubo virginianus (Gmelin) — Great Horned Owl. 



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