Fuliooffula comstooki (Kellogg and Chapman, 1902) 



Lipeurus comstooki Kellogg and Chapman, 1902. J. N. Y. Ent . Soc. , 



10: 23, pi. 3, fig. 2. 

 Type host: Rallus limicola Vieillot — Virginia Rail. 



Head elongate conical, front rounded, a short hair at the clypeal 

 suture; sides of head diverging slightly with a short fine hair in 

 front of the trabeculae; eye small with a fine bristle; temporal margins 

 parallel; occipital margin concave. Prothorax almost square; 

 pterothorax quadrangular, longer than wide, posterior margin with a 

 narrow acute median angle on the abdomen. Abdomen long and narrow, 

 segments gradually widening to the 4th, 5th and 6th segments; postero- 

 lateral angles with 1 or 2 long hairs. 



This rare Mallophaga was described from 1 female collected in 

 New York. Peters (1928) reports this species from Ohio. 



Fuliooffula distincta Emerson, 1960b 



Fuliooffula distincta Emerson, 1960b. J. Kansas Ent. Soc, 33: 



162, figs. 5-7. 

 Type host: Povzana Carolina (Linnaeus) — Sora. 



This is an atypical species that Emerson (1960b) separated from all 

 other species by the following characteristics: Narrow head in both 

 sexes; short stout spines on the posterior margin of the female genital 

 plate; short abdominal segments IV-V in the male; long, slender, simple 

 parameres, and the absence of a prominent mesosomal plate in the male 

 genitalia. 



This species has been collected in Oklahoma, Idaho, Florida, 

 Mississippi, and New York. 



Fuliooffula longiphila (Kellogg, 1896) 



Lipeurus longiphilus Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 



119, pi. 7, fig. 7. 

 Lipeurus piaturatus Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 



121, pi. 8, figs. 1-2. 

 Type host: Fulica ameriaana Gmelin — American Coot. 



Head elongate, conical, with A marginal hairs in front of suture 

 and 3 behind it. Antennae of male with 2nd segment largest, 3rd with 

 a claw-like distal end; filiform, normal in female. Antennal bands 

 broad, dark and straight; temporal margins bordered with black. Pro- 

 thorax almost square; pterothorax quadrangular, longer than wide; 

 anterior angles diagonally truncate; posterior margin straight, with 

 3 long setae and 1 shorter seta in each posterolateral angle. Abdomen 

 elongate, 1st segment narrower than thorax at articulation, segments 

 gradually widening to the 5th and narrowing to the 9th. 



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