Anterior hyaline margin indented medially. Large trabeculae. 

 Dorsal anterior plate prolonged posteriorly into a point; sclerotized 

 and uniformly pigmented. Prothorax with 1 long seta on either side of 

 the midline on the posterodorsal margin. Abdomen rounded, widest at 

 segment V. Tergal plates of segment II approximate; III-VIII with 

 widely separated tergal plates. 



Measurements ; 



Philopterus excisus microsomaticus 

 (from Tandan, 1955) 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Prothorax Width 

 Pterothorax Width 

 Abdomen Length 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



Specimens Host 



Collector 



Id" Hirundo rustica Albany, NH V-15-1964 J.E.K. 



1 slide " " Martha's Vineyard, Mass. VI-2-1924 G.M.Allen 



(USNM) 



Philopterus frn-ngillae (Scopoli, 1772) 



Pediculus fringitlae Scopoli, 1772. Ann. V. Hist. Nat.: 125. 

 Pediculus passeris DeFourcroy, 1785. Ent . Parisiensis, pt. 2: 



2519 {nn for "P. sub f laves cens Geof froy") . 

 DoGophorus communis passeris Piaget, 1880 {neo DeFourcroy, 1785) 



Les Pediculines : 59. 

 Type host: Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) — House Sparrow. 



Hyaline margin with median indentation on anterior margin. 



Measurements ; 



Philopterus fringillae (Scopoli, 1772) 

 (from Clay and Hopkins, 1951) 



d 



Head Length .55 



Head Width .50 



Prothorax Width .29 



Pterothorax Width .45 



Abdomen Length . 70 



Abdomen Width .68 



Total Length 1.45 



.58 

 .56 

 .32 



.50 

 1.02 



.91 

 1.85 



It appears that P. fringillae is an uncommon parasite of the 

 House Sparrow since I have not recovered it in 43 examinations of this 

 species of bird. These results are supported by Wilson (1958) who did 

 not find P. fringillae in examination of 77 House Sparrows in Kentucky. 



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