Measurements : 



Quadraaeps hiaticulae hiaticulae (0. Fabricius, 1780) 

 (from Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1954) 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Prothorax Width 

 Pterothorax Width 

 Abdomen Length 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



,42 

 ,23 

 ,17 

 ,25 

 ,16 

 .31 

 .83 



.42 

 .23 

 .18 

 .24 



1.26 

 .30 



1.90 



There is a 2nd subspecies found in New England, Quadraceps 

 hiaticulae boephilus (Kellogg, 1896) parasitic upon the Killdeer, 

 Charadrius vooiferus Linnaeus . 



Specimens Host 



Locality 



Date 



Collector 



4 9 , Icf Charadrius vooiferus Brunswick, Me. IX-4-1964 H.Tyler 



Quadraceps klatti Timmermann, 1954 



Quadraceps klatti Timmermann, 1954 



9r and 10. 

 Type host: Plautus alle (Linnaeus) — Dovekie 



Zool. Anz., 152: 172, fig. 



Anteriorly, the hyaline margin either straight or slightly con- 

 vex; dorsal anterior plate pentagonal, as wide as long; trabeculae 

 small but reaching at least to the end of the 1st antennal segment; 

 seta in each posterolateral angle; pterothorax with side diverging 

 and posterior angles rounded. Female terminal abdominal segment bi- 

 lobed; male genitalia with thick heavy parameres. 



Measurements : 



Quadraceps klatti Timmermann, 1954 

 cf 



12 9 , So* Plautus alle Bar Harbor, Me. 



2 slides " " Osterville, Mass. 



-I -I • 1 II II M II 



1 slide 



137 



