Stanford (1932) reports this species from Utah and Emerson (19A0) 

 reports it from Oklahoma. These appear to be the only reports (ex- 

 cluding Kellogg 's original descriptions) of this species in the United 

 States . 



Pseudomenopon qadrii Eichler, 1952 



Pseudomenopon qadvii Eichler, 1952. Zool. Anz . , 148: 35, figs. 



12-14. 

 Type host: Porzana porzana (Linnaeus). 

 New England host: Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus) — Sora. 



Peters (1928) reports Pseudomenopon pilosum from Ohio, and Peters 

 (1936) from South Carolina. Both recoveries are probably P. qadrii. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



1? Porzana Carolina Mt. Desert, Me. VIII-23-1937 A.E.B. 



TRINOTON 



Trinoton Nitzsch, 1818. Germar's Mag. Ent., 3: 300. 



Type species: Trinoton conspurcatim Nitzsch, 1818. 

 (A synonjrm of Trinoton anserinum (J. C. Fabricius, 1805). 

 Trinotim Burmeister, 1838. Handb. Ent., 2: 440 {nn for Trinoton 



Nitzsch, 1818). 

 Trinotion Perry, 1876. Proc. Lit. Phil. Soc. Liverpool, 30: Lxxx 



(misprint) . 

 Ewingiella Eichler, 1941. Stettin Ent. Ztg., 102: 126. 



Type species: Trinoton femoratum Piaget, 1880. 



Laterodorsal margin of head with small protuberance bearing setae; 

 laterodorsal emargination of varying depth. This emargination often 

 overlaps the eye giving the appearance of a deep preocular slit. First 

 and 2nd segments of antennae with distal anterior expansions. Thorax 

 strongly developed and heavily sclerotized; meso- and metathorax sepa- 

 rated by distinct suture and neither similar in shape to abdominal 

 segments, the first 2 with spiracles. Chaetotaxy consisting of long 

 and short setae of normal appearance and stout, spine-like setae. 

 These large Menoponidae are not rigidly host specific and are the most 

 common amblyceran found on wild ducks in America north of Mexico. 

 Species of this genus are also found on members of the family 

 Phoenicopteridae , order Ciconiformes . 



Trinoton anserinum (J. C. Fabricius, 1805) 



Pediculus anserinus J. C. Fabricius, 1805. Syst. Antliatorum: 345. 

 Pediculus anseris Sulzer, 1776. {nee Linnaeus, 1758). Abgek. 



Gesch. Insekten: 241, pi. 29, fig. 4. 

 Liotheum conspurcatim Nitzsch, 1818. Germar's Mag. Ent. 3: 330 



(nn for P. anseris Sulzer, 1776). 

 Trinoton continuum Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines: 591. 

 Type host: Anser anser (Linnaeus) — Domestic Goose. 

 New England host: 



Branta canadensis (Linnaeus) — Canada Goose. 



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