Osborn gave no locality for the collection of the species; however, 

 The Ohio State University has one of his slides of this species (9) col- 

 lected at Ames, Iowa. This species has been reported by Peters (1928) 

 Ohio, Wilson (1928) New York, Peters (1936) Alabama and New Hampshire, 

 Procter (1938) Maine, Brimley (1938) North Carolina, and Whitehead (1954) 

 Quebec. 



Ardeicola arusaula Carriker, 1960a 



Ardeicola cvuscula Carriker, 1960a. Novedades Colombianas, 1: 318, 



fig. 1. 

 Type host: Ardea herodias Linnaeus — Great Blue Heron. 



The largest of the heron infesting Ardeicola. Males with three 

 long submarginal setae on posterior angle of pterothorax and a medium 

 length seta not associated with the above group at the posterolateral 

 margin. Abdomen elongate, widest at segment IV; pigmentation on tergite 

 I confined to a spot on the lateral margin; tergites II and III with 

 color restricted to a rectangular area on the lateral margin. Female 

 similar to male; antennae filiform. Prothorax and pterothorax as in 

 the male. 



Measurements : d ? 



Ardeicola gaibagla Ansari, 1947 



Ardeicola gaibagla Ansari, 1947. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 13: 



256, fig. 1. 

 Ardeicola albulus Eichler, 1948. Vogel der Heimat., no. 6: 107, 



figs. 2 and 3. 

 Type host: Bubulcus ibis Linnaeus — Cattle Egret. 

 Other New England host: 



Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus) — Common Egret. 



Head long and narrow; dorsal anterior plate bearing about fifty- 

 seven crescentic papillae; temples rounded with narrow, indistinct, 

 yellowish marginal bands; gular plate weak. Prothorax small, lateral 

 margins straight with a small seta at the posterolateral angle. Ptero- 

 thorax slightly wider than prothorax and bearing four pustulated hairs 

 on the posterior margin; sternal plates indistinct. Abdomen elongated, 

 widest at segment V, gradually tapering towards the posterior end. 



Measurements : d* ? 



Head Length .66 .70 



Prothorax Width .30 .34 



Pterothorax Width .39 .42 



Abdomen Length 1.65 2.05 



Abdomen Width .50 .52 



Total Length 2.81 3.27 



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