Rallioola advenus (Kellogg, 1896) 



Onaophorus advena Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 



133, pi. 11, figs. 1 and 2. 

 Doaophorus minuto-tvabeoulatus Osborn, 1896. Bull. U. S. Bur. 



Ent. (n. s.), 5: 221. 

 Type host: Fulioa americana Gmelin — American Coot. 



A short stout species, with a short wide head. Hyaline margin of 

 forehead not extended, broadly rounded; antennae sexually dimorphic, 

 the male with the 1st antennal segment enlarged and elongated. Ab- 

 dominal tergites II-VII in the female, and II-IV in the male, inter- 

 rupted medially. Abdominal sternites III-VI in both sexes with 6 or 

 7 medium length setae on the posterior margins. 



Kellogg (1896) collected 1 male and 1 female in California. 

 Osborn (1896) collected this species from a stuffed American Coot skin 

 in Iowa. Peters (1936) reports it from Washington, D. C. , Louisiana, 

 and South Carolina. Emerson (1940) from Oklahoma, and Emerson (1955) 

 from Iowa, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Kansas. 



Measurements: Rallioola advenus (Kellogg, 1896) 

 (from Emerson, 



Head Length .33 .30 



Head Width .34 .40 



Prothorax Width .23 .26 



Pterothorax Width .33 .35 



Total Length 1.20 1.40 



Rallioola kelloggi Emerson, 1957 



Rallioola kelloggi Emerson, 1957. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 59: 



188, fig. 3. 

 Type host: Rallus limiaola Vieillot — Virginia Rail. 



Head slender with wide hyaline margin. Antennae sexually dimor- 

 phic, the male with the 1st segment enlarged and elongate, bearing 

 an appendage, the female antennae filiform. Posterior margin of 

 pterothorax with 4 pairs of long setae. Abdominal tergite II of 

 male interrupted medially. Abdominal tergites II-III of female inter- 

 rupted medially and IV indented medially; each tergite with a pair of 

 setae located medially on the posterior margin; sternites III-VI with 

 4 setae on the posterior margin; and sternites VII-VIII with 2 setae 

 on the posterior margin. 



Peters (1928) and Geist (1931) report this species from Ohio. 

 Emerson (1957) reports collections from Maryland , Ohio, British 

 Columbia, and New Jersey. 



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