PHILOPTERUS 



Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818. Germar's Mag, Ent., 3: 281. 



Type species: Philopterus oceltatus (Scopoli, 1763) (By subse- 

 quent designation, Newmann, 1906, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., 20: 58). 

 Docophorus Nitzsch, 1818. Germar's Mag. Ent., 3: 289. 



Type species: Philopterus ocellatus (Scopoli, 1763) (By subse- 

 quent designation. Clay 1938a. Entomologist, 71: 207). 

 Clayiella Eichler, 1940. Zool. Anz., 130: 102. 



Type species: Clayiella schulzkampfhenkeli Eichler, 1940. 

 Cypseloeaus Conci, 1941a. Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital., 73: 126. 



Type species: Philopterus excisus Nitzsch, 1818. 

 Debeauxoeaus Conci, 1941a. Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital., 73: 126. 



Type species: Philopterus alaviformis Piaget, 1885. 

 Doaophorulus Eichler, 1944. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. , 105: 80. 



Type species: Docophorus communis passeris Piaget, 1880 (A 

 synonym of Philopterus fringillae (Scopoli, 1772). 

 Tritrabeculus Uchida, 1948. Jap. Med. J., 1: 315. 



Type species: Tritrabeculus goshikidori Uchida, 1948. 

 Bitrabeoulus Uchida, 1948. Jap. Med. J., 1: 318. 



Type species: Docophorus singularis Kellogg and Chapman, 1899 

 (A synonym of Philopterus pioae (Denny, 1842). 

 Campephagoecus Eichler, 1952. Zool. Anz., 149: 75. 



Type species: Campephagoecus osculolimbatus Eichler, 1952. 



Head broad, quadrangular, forehead truncate and dorsal anterior 

 plate prominent. Trabeculae large; antennae filiform and similar in the 

 2 sexes; segment I large. Eyes large with an ocular seta present in 

 most species. Temporal lobes expanded and evenly rounded. Occipital 

 carinae distinct and well pigmented. Prothorax small with convex sides; 

 1 elongate seta at each posterolateral angle; pterothorax with sides 

 diverging distally; 1 or more elongate setae present at each postero- 

 lateral angle and a row of setae along the dorsoposterior margin. Ab- 

 domen robust with deeply pigmented plates interrupted medially and with 

 serrate posterior margins. Abdominal chaetotaxy dense, consisting in 

 most species of transverse rows of rather closely set, long setae on or 

 near posterior margin of each abdominal segment. Genitalia of male with 

 short blunt parameres . 



Members of this genus are parasitic on birds of the order 

 Passeriformes . In other areas they may be found on the order 

 Trogoniformes . 



Philopterus agelaii (Osborn, 1896) 



Docophorus agelaii Osborn, 1896. Bull. U. S. Bur. Ent. (n. s.), 



5: 220. 

 Type host: Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus) — Red-winged Blackbird. 



This is a small Philopterus characterized by a rectangular shaped 

 preantennal region, almost as wide at the tip as at the base of the 

 trabeculae. Trabeculae large, anterior margin curved. 



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