Zemiodes zumpti Eichler, 1944. Z. hyg. Zool., 35: 172, fig. 1. 

 Type host: Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus — Turkey. 

 Other New England host: 

 Domestic Chicken. 



This is the common "chicken body louse" which infests chickens, 

 turkeys, and often times pheasants and Ruffed Grouse when they are 

 raised in association with chickens. 



As mentioned previously, I did not actively collect Mallophaga 

 from chickens but the University of New Hampshire has several specimens 

 of this species from the chicken. 



Durham, N. H. Jan. 31, 1922 P. R. Lowry 



Durham, N. H. Jan. 27, 1944 G. L. Walker 



Durham, N. H. May 1, 1948 A. C. Corbet t 



Durham, N. H. Sept. ? 1952 R. L. Blickle 



Durham, N. H. Dec. 9, 1957 Coll. ? 



Piermont, N. H. Jan. 8, 1964 Coll. ? 



Emerson (1956a) uses the following key to differentiate the three 

 species of Menaoanthus parasitic upon chickens. 



1. Abdominal tergites III-VII each with two transverse rows of 



setae 2 



Abdominal tergites III-VII each with one transverse row of 



setae Menaoanthus pallidulus 



2. More than 2 mm in length. Numerous short setae scattered on 



dorsum of meso-metathorax Menaoanthus stramineus 



Less than 2 mm in length. Dorsum of meso-metathorax with a 



few short setae on the lateral margins Menaoanthus oomutus 



Menaoanthus tenuifrons Blagoveschtchensky , 1940 



Menaoanthus tenuifrons Blagoveschtchensky, 1940. Mag. Parasit., 



Leningr., 8: 37, and 81, fig. 10. 

 Type host: Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus) — Winter Wren. 



No information concerning this species in New England is available. 



MENOPON 



Menopon Nitzsch, 1818. Germar's Mag. Ent., 3: 299. 



Type species: Menopon galtinae Linnaeus, 1758. (By subsequent 

 designation by Johnston and Harrison, 1911, Proc. Linn. Soc . 

 N. S. W., 36: 327). 



Head wider across rounded temporal lobes; laterodorsal margin with 

 or without narrow preocular slit. Antennal fossae covered above by 

 lateral expansions of margin of head. Forehead without ventral spine- 

 like processes. Antennae short, first 2 segments truncated, conical; 



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