Peters (1928) reports this species from Ohio and Spory (1965) has 

 collected this species on 7 of 61 Red-winged Blackbirds in the same 

 state. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



4?, 4 imm. Agelaius phoenicus Durham, NH IV-2-1963 

 Measurements: Philopterus agelaii (Osborn, 1896) 



Philopterus citrinellae curvirostrae (Schrank, 1776) 



Pediculus curvirostrae Schrank, 1776. Beitr. Naturgesch.: 117, 



pi. 5, fig. 8. 

 Doaophorus aompar Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines: 61, pi. 7, 



fig. 1. 

 Type host: Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus — Red Crossbill. 



Typical Philopterus form with hyaline margin and dorsal anterior 

 plate indented in front. The indentation in the hyaline margin is not 

 always apparent in mounted specimens. In this subspecies of P. 

 citrinellae there are 4 or more setae on the metasternal plate, and in 

 the male 3 (rarely 4) anterior setae on the genital plate. 



I have found no published records of this species in the United 

 States. 



Specimens Host Locality Date Collector 



59 , 1 o' Loxia curvirostra Bar Harbor, Me. Fall, 1937 A.E.B. 

 19^ 1 o- ■' " " " " IV-30-1938 M.Sullivan 



Philopterus corvi (Linnaeus, 1758) 



Pediculus corvi Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10: 612. 



Nirmus adustus Olfers, 1816. De Veget...: 88. 



Docophorus semisignatus Denny, 1842. Mon. Anopl. Brit.: 41 and 66, 



pl. 1, fig. 5. 

 Nirmus aoracis Denny, 1852. List Brit. Animals in Brit. Mus . pt. 



II, Anoplura: 7 {nn for D. semisignatus Denny, 1842). 

 Docophorus distinctus Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 



477, pl. 65, fig. 5. 

 Type host: Corvus corax Linnaeus — Common Raven. 



This species of Philopterus may be distinguished from all related 

 species by having the dorsal anterior plate sclerotized only at the 

 anterior end. 



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