the posterolateral angles; and post spiracular setae. Sternal plates 

 with a pair of median setae. Members of this genus are parasitic on 

 birds of the order Galliformes. 



Lagopoeaus oolchicus Emerson, 1949 



Lagopoeaus oolchicus Emerson, 1949. J. Kansas Ent . Soc, 22: 78, 



fig. 6. 

 Degeeriella brionica Vrazic, 1956. Vet. Arhiv. Zagreb, 26: 124, 



128, and 131. 

 Type host: Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus — Ring-necked Pheasant. 



Clypeal margin evenly rounded, with scattered small setae. Eyes 

 prominent, each with 1 long seta. Temples rounded, each with 2 long 

 setae and 3 short setae. Cephalic margin without setae. Prothorax 

 short, narrow, with 1 long seta on each posterolateral angle. Ptero- 

 thorax twice as wide as long. Abdominal tergal plates with 8 median 

 setae and 1 post-spiracular seta on each posterolateral angle. Pleural 

 plates of segments III-IV, each with 1 long seta; segments V-VIII, each 

 with 2 long setae. Sternal plates with 2 median setae. 



Emerson (1950) records this species from Utah, Michigan, Illinois, 

 and Montana. 



Specimens Host 



Locality 



1 slide Phasianus colchicus Mt.Carmel, Conn. 

 1 slide " " Massachusetts 



Date 



lV-18-1942 

 IV-26-1926 



Collector 



G.H. Plumb 

 Peters 

 (MCZ Coll.) 



Lagopoecus sinensis (Sugimoto, 1930) 



Degeeriella sinensis Sugimoto, 1930, 



2: 130, pi. 3-4. 

 Type host: Chicken. 



J. Soc. Trop. Agric. Taiwan, 



I have no information concerning this species of Lagopoecus. 



Lagopoecus umbellus Emerson, 1950 



Lagopoeaus umbellus Emerson, 1950. J. Kansas Ent. Soc, 23: 



pi. 1, fig. 8, and pi. 2, fig. 6. 

 Type host: Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus) — Ruffed Grouse. 



101, 



Head with clypeal margin evenly rounded and with small scattered 

 setae. Eyes prominent, each with a long seta. Temples convexly rounded, 

 each with 2 long setae; caudal margin without setae. Prothorax short, 

 wide, with 1 long seta at each posterolateral angle. Pterothorax more 

 than twice as wide as long, with 8 long setae in groups of 2 each ar- 

 ranged along the posterior margin. Abdomen with 1 pair of sternal setae 

 on each abdominal segment. Vulva of female with posterior marginal row 

 of short setae. 



Peters (1936) reports this species from New York and Pennsylvania, 

 Brimley (1938) from North Carolina, and Emerson (1950) from Idaho, 

 Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario. 



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