Clay (1958) has reviewed this genus and many of the following 

 descriptions are from her revision. 



Begeeviella discocephalus disaocephalus (Burmeister, 1838) 



Nirmus discocephalus Burmeister, 1838. Handb. Ent . , 1: 430. 

 Nirmus discocephalus amblys Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. 



Sci., 6: 499, pi. 67, fig. 6. 

 Type host: Haliaeetus alhicilla (Linnaeus) — Gray Sea Eagle. 

 New England host: 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus) — Bald Eagle. 



Marginal carina thick and entire; ventral suture reaches to or 

 nearly to inner margin of marginal carina. Posterodorsal setae of mar- 

 gin of pterothorax 4-6 on each side, omitting the lateral spine-like 

 seta and the seta with sunken alveolus. Tergite II with median un- 

 sclerotized area, tergite III somewhat narrowed medially. The female 

 of this species differs from all other Begeeviella in having 2, occasion- 

 ally 1, seta in the middle of the anterior region of tergite IX. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



1 slide Halliaeetus leucocephalus Waltham, Mass. XI-12-1921 R.H.Howe 



(USNM) 



Begeeviella fulva (Giebel, 1874) 



Nivmus fuscus Nitzsch, 1861 (nea Denny, 1842). In Giebel, Z. ges. 



NatWiss. , 17: 525. 

 Nivmus fulvus Giebel, 1874. Insecta Epizoa: 124. 

 Nivmus angustus Giebel, 1874. Insecta Epizoa: 126. 

 Nivmus flavidus Giebel, 1874. Insecta Epizoa: 301. 

 Begeeviella giebeli Hopkins, 1947. Entomologist, 80: 77 {nn for 



N. fuscus Nitzsch, 1861). 

 Begeeviella bovealis Carriker, 1956. Florida Ent., 39: 41, figs. 



38 and 40b. 

 Begeeviella genitalis Carriker, 1956. Florida Ent., 39: 43, figs. 



38 and 42. 

 Type host: Aquila chvysaetos (Linnaeus) — Golden Eagle. 

 Other New England hosts: 



Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin) — Red-tailed Hawk. 



Buteo lineatus (Gmelin) — Red-shouldered Hawk. 



Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan) — Rough-legged Hawk. 



Inner dorsal margin of marginal carina indented medially; ventral 

 suture passes to anterior margin of head. Dorsal head sutures not ap- 

 parent. Tergite II only with definite median unsclerotized indenta- 

 tion. Pleural thickening of segments III-VI usually with well developed 

 re-entrant heads, inner edges comparatively straight. 



Maximum and minimum measurements of specimens from Buteo spp. (from 

 Clay, 1958) : 



98 



