Measurements : 



d 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Prothorax Width 

 Metathorax Width 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



Myrsidea intevrupta (Osborn, 1896) 



Menopon inturruptum Osborn, 1896. Bull. U. S. Bur. Ent . (n. s.) 



5: 245, pi. 2, fig. h. 

 Menopon mesoteuaum amerioanim Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. 



Sci. , 6: 539, pi. 73, fig. 3. 

 Type host: Covus brachyrhynchos (Brehm) — Common Crow. 



This species may be recognized by the female's having the meta- 

 thorax produced and curving back over the dorsum of the abdomen whereas 

 in the male the metathorax is straight. The abdominal blotches of the 

 first 3 segments in the female are broken and interrupted, in the male 

 they are complete. 



This species is common and has been reported from Iowa, Kansas, 

 California, Ohio, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, 

 and Washington, D. C. 



Specimens Host 



Locality 



Date 



Collector 



1 slide Corvus braohyvhynahos Middletown,Conn. XI-6-1925 



1 slide 



1 slide 

 1 slide 

 109 , 3 



3 9 



d 



Mt . Carmel, Conn. 

 N. Haven, Conn. 

 Edgartown, Mass. 



Durham, NH 

 Hanover, NH 

 Lee, NH 

 Wakefield, NH 



0. L.Austin, Jr. 



(USNM) 

 III-28-1943 G.H. Plumb 

 III-27-1937 G.H. Plumb 



H.K.Gouk,Jr. 



(USNM) 



E.O.Hooghkirk 



Cornell Univ. 

 IX-7-1964 G.L.Walker 

 IX-14-1964 G.L.Walker 



VI-30-1930 

 11-7-1948 



Myrsidea latifvons (Carriker, 1910) 



Nitzsahia latifrons Carriker, 1910. In Carriker and Shull, Ent. 



News, 21: 56, pi. 5, fig. 4. 

 Nitzsahia piageti Kistiakowsky , 1926 {nea Harrison, 1916). Zool. 



Anz. ,68: 11, fig. 2. 

 Type host: Riparia riparia (Linnaeus) — Bank Swallow. 



Described by Carriker from a collection in Michigan. This species 

 has also been reported by Peters (1928) from Ohio and Peters (1936) 

 from South Carolina. 



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