Degeeriella regalis vegalis (Giebel, 1866) 



Nirmus regalis Giebel, 1866. Z. ges. NatWiss., 28: 364. 



Nirmus vittatus Giebel, 1874. Insecta Epizoa : 127. 



Nirmus appendiculatus Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines : 132, pi. 11, 



fig. 2. 

 Nirmus inoertus Piaget, 1885. Les Pediculines, Supplement: 20, 



pi. 2, fig. 9. 

 Nirmus curvilineatus Kellogg and Kuwana, 1902. Proc. Wash. Acad. 



Sci. , 4: 470, pi. 29, fig. 4. 

 Nirmus pseudophaeus Carriker, 1902. Univ. Stud. Nebr., 3: 143, 



pi. 3, fig. 1. 

 Type host: Milvus milvus Linnaeus. 

 New England host: 



Buteo jamaiaensis (Gmelin) — Red-Tailed Hawk. 



The Red-tailed Hawk is also the host for Degeeriella fulva. D. 

 regalis regalis superficially resembles D. fulva but can be separated 

 by the number of sternocentral setae. 



Seg. II-Vl 



D. FULVA normally 4 



D. REGALIS normally 6 on seg. II 



normally 8 on segs . III-VI 



Degeeriella rufa rufa (Burmeister) 



Nirmus rufus Burmeister, 1838. Handb . Ent . , 2: 430. 

 Nirmus fasaiatus Rudow, 1869. Beitr. Kenntn. Malloph.: 20. 

 Nirmus quadrati colli s Rudow, 1870. Z. ges. NatWiss., 35: 469. 

 Nirmus nitzschi Giebel, 1874 (nee Ponton, 1871). Insecta Epizoa: 



125. 

 Nirmus burmeisteri Giebel, 1874. Insecta Epizoa: 126. 

 Nirmus platyalypeatus Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines: 145, pi. 12, 



fig.l. 



Kelerinirmus rufus boliviensis Eichler, 1954. Beitr. Fauna Perus , 



4: 38. 

 Degeeriella rufa drosti Timmermann, 1955. Nattururuf raedingurinn 



1: 49 (,nn for N. nitzschi Giebel, 1874). 

 Degeeriella masumae Ansari, 1955. Proc, VII Pakistan Sci. 



Conf . , Biology: 42, 

 Degeeriella splendidus Ansari, 1955. Proc. VII Pakistan Sci. 



Conf., Biology: 42. 

 Degeeriella faloonoides Carriker, 1956. Florida Ent., 39: 42, 



figs. 39 and 40a. 

 Degeeriella rufa applanata Tendeiro, 1958a. Bol. Cult. Guine 



Port., 13: 33, fig. 3-2 and photos 5-6. 

 Degeeriella rufa suhbutionis Tendeiro, 1958a. Bol. Cult. Guine 



Port., 13: 43, fig, 3-4 and photos 11-12. 

 Degeeriella rufa olayae Tendeiro, 1958a. Bol. Cult. Guine Port., 



13: 47, figs. 3-5, and photos 15-16. 

 Type host: Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus. 



101 



