Menacanthus meniscus (Piaget, 1880) 



Menopon meniscus Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines : 447, pi. 36, 



fig. 7. 

 Type host: Calcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus) — Lapland Longspur. 



No information concerning this species in New England is available. 



Menacanthus mutdbilis Blagoveshtschensky , 1940 



Menacanthus mutabilis Blagoveshtschensky, 1940. Mag. Parasit., 



Leningr., 8: 31 and 78, fig. 5. 

 Menacanthus himalayicus Ansari, 1951. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 



17: 148, figs. 9a-f. 

 Menacanthus hopkinsi Eichler, 1953b. Beitrage zur Vogelkunde, 3: 



172 (nn for M. mutabilis Blagoveshtschensky, 1940). 

 Type host: Sturmus vulgaris Linnaeus — Starling. 



During the course of this study, I have made 61 collections of 

 Sturmus vulgaris and have found 1 Amblyceran (Menacanthus mutabilis) 

 and 1 Ischnoceran (Bruelia nebulosa) to commonly infest this bird. 

 The Starling is the host also for Myrsidea cucullaris and Sturmidoecus 

 sturni , however, I have not been able to find either of these species. 

 I have collected both Menacanthus mutabilis and Bruelia nebulosa off 

 the same bird in 6 of 61 collections with Bruelia always being the more 

 numerous . 



Measurements: Menacanthus mutabilis, 5 d" 



Head Width .48 .48 .48 .48 .46 



Prothorax Width .37 .37 .37 .37 .34 

 Total Length 1.54 1.51 1.45 1.47 1.36 



Measurements: Menacanthus mutabilis, 5 9 



Head Width .57 .55 .48 .57 .55 



Prothorax Width .43 .45 .37 .43 .43 

 Total Length 1.90 1.80 1.41 1.92 2.07 



Menacanthus perforatus (Piaget, 1880) 



Menopon perforatum Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines: 453, pi. 42, 



fig. 9. 

 Type host: Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus) — Horned Lark. 



The Horned Lark is not a common bird in New England and I could 

 find no published reports of this species being collected in the United 

 States. 



Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch, 1818) 



Pediculus meleagridis Panzer, 1793. {nee Linnaeus, 1758). Faun. 



Ins. Germ.: 51, fig. 20. 

 Menopon stramineum Nitzsch, 1818. Germar's Mag. Ent . , 3: 300 {nn 



for P. meleagridis Panzer, 1793). 

 Menopon biseriatum Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines: 469, pi. 37, 



fig. 2. 



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