Members of this genus inhabit the inside of the pouch of pelicans 

 and cormorants. In New England, at present, there are no described 

 species from the Great Cormorant or the Double-crested Cormorant, the 

 only hosts for this genus found in this area. 



PSEUDOMENOPON 



Pseudomenopon Mjoberg, 1910. Ark. Zool., 6: 50. 



Type species: Menopon tridens Burmeister, 1838 

 (A synonym of Pseudomenopon pilosim (Scopoli, 1763). 



Head broad, triangular in outline, frons broadly rounded, and with 

 or without a pair of ventral sclerotized processes arising near base of 

 palpi. This genus is readily recognized by the large, usually heavily 

 sclerotized, tripartite gular plate. Prothorax short; pterothorax 

 longer and wider than prothorax, with straight, divergent sides and 

 straight to strongly convex posterior margins. Abdomen short, that of 

 male usually near-oval, female with sides of abdomen usually parallel. 

 Abdominal pleurites with posteroventral angles prolonged posteriorly as 

 pointed processes. Posterior femur and sternites III-V or VI with small 

 scattered brushes of normal setae. Typical adult specimens of this 

 genus average 1.75 to 2mm in total length. 



Pseudomenopon insotens (Kellogg, 1896) 



Menopon tvtdens insotens Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 



6: 166, pi. 15, figs. 3 and 4. 

 Type host: Podiceps aaspiaus (Hablizl) — Eared Grebe. 



This may be an error and the type host may be Futica americana 



Gmelin — American Coot. 

 Pseudomenopon par (Kellogg, 1896) 



Menopon tridens par Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 



166. 

 Type host: Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence) — Western Grebe. 



This may be an error and the type host may be Futica ameriaana 



Gmelin — American Coot. 

 Pseudomenopon pitosum (Scopoli, 1763) 



Pedioutus pitostm Scopoli, 1763. Ent. Carniolica: 384. 

 Menopon tridens Burmeister, 1838. Handb. Ent., 2: 440. 

 Menopon tridens major Piaget , 1880. {neo p. 441). Les 



Pediculines: 480. 

 Menopon tridens paoificwn Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 



6: 166. 

 Pseudomenopon thompsoni Eichler, 1937. S. B. Ges. Naturf. Fr. 



Berlin, 1937: 97 (nn for Menopon tridens major Piaget, 1880). 

 Type host: Futica atra (Linnaeus) — European Coot. 

 New England host: 



Futica americana Gemlin — American Coot. 



These 3 species are mentioned together because both P. insotens 

 and P. par may be synonyms of Pseudomenopon pitosum (Scopoli, 1763); 

 (Emerson, 1964) . 



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