Incidifrons monachus (Kellogg and Paine, 1911) 



DoGophorus pertusus monachus Kellogg and Paine, 1911, Ent. News, 



22: 75, fig. 1. 

 Type host: Rallus limioola Vieillott-Virginia Rail. 



Head with 8 hairs on each side of the clypeus . Clypeus extending 

 from the trabeculae to the expansion of the pincer-like preantennal 

 region. Dorsal surface of 1st abdominal segment sinuous and projected 

 caudad medially and at each posterolateral angle; 16 setae on the 

 posterior margin of segment V, with the number diminishing anteriorly 

 and posteriorly. This species was described from 1 male collected at 

 Monterey, California, and appears to be only published record of 

 the species in North America. 



Incidifrons tvanspositus (Kellogg, 1896) 



Docophorus tvanspositus Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6; 



478, pi. 65, fig. 6. 

 Type host: Fulica americana Gmelin — American Coot. 



Head with closed forcep-points ; trabeculae reaching beyond segment 

 1 of the antennae; temporal margins with 2 long setae and a short one 

 between them; temporal region dark brown with a narrow black border; 

 a narrow black occipital border. Prothorax with rounded sides and 

 angles. Abdomen obovate; segments III-VI with 2 or 3 short hairs. 



Kellogg (1896) described this species from a single female col- 

 lected in Kansas. Peters (1928) reports it from Ohio, Peters (1936) 

 reports it from Illinois, North Carolina, and South Carolina, Brimley 

 (1938) records it from North Carolina, and Whitehead (1954) from 

 Quebec. 



Measurements : Incidifrons tvanspositus 

 (from Kellogg, 1896) 



? 



Head Length .56 



Head Width .59 



Abdomen Width .90 



Total Length 2.00 



LAGOPOECUS 



Lagopoecus Waterston, 1922. Ent. Mon. Mag., 58: 159. 

 Type species: Nivmus camevatus Burmeister, 1838. 



Head longer than wide, rounded in front. Eyes prominent, each 

 with a long seta. Antennae filiform and similar in the 2 sexes. 

 Temples convexly rounded, each with 2 long setae; cephalic margin 

 without setae. Prothorax short, wide, with 1 long seta at each post- 

 erolateral angle. Pterothorax short, wide, with posterior setae. Ab- 

 domen short and wide. Tergal plates with median setae; long setae in 



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