Rotundioeps cordatus (Osborn, 1896) 



Nirmus cordatus Osborn, 1896. Bull. U. S. Bur. Ent . , (n. s.), 5; 



228, pi. 2, fig. a. 

 Nirmus lucidus Kellogg and Mann, 1912. Ent. News, 23: 60. 

 Type host: Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus) — Marbled Godwit. 



This is the only known species in the genus. The Cornell 

 University collection contains a slide of this species collected at 

 Popham Beach, Phippsburg, Maine. 



SAEMUNDSSONIA 



Saemundssonia Timmermann, 1935. Zool. Anz., 114: 97. 



Type species: Philopterus gonothorax Giebel, 1874. 

 Hastaephorus Keler, 1936. Arb. Morph. Tax. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem, 3: 261. 



Type species: Docophorus alpinus Giebel, 1874 (A synonym of 

 Docophorus tringae (0. Fabricius, 1780). 

 Pufinoecus Eichler, 1949a. Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital. , 79: 12. 



Type species: Puffinoeaus peusi Eichler, 1949. 



Head large, longer than wide, forehead narrowed and flattened 

 anteriorly with a hyaline margin and concave sides. Central anterior 

 plate distinct, modified by internal thickening and with a posteriorly 

 directed point. Carinae of head striking in appearance; temporal 

 carinae passing from occipital margin of head across temples, contin- 

 uous with temporal margin above well developed eyes. Ocular seta on 

 ventral lens of each eye. Antennae filiform, similar in the 2 sexes; 

 trabeculae large and well developed. Temporal lobes evenly expanded 

 and rounded. Prothorax short, sides slightly diverging; pterothorax 

 large, sides diverging; posterior margin broadly convex with a row of 

 long setae transversely positioned. Abdomen broad with prominent 

 sternal plates; sternite VII with posteriorly directed pointed process 

 at each anterolateral angle. Parameres of male genitalia long, curved, 

 rod-shaped. 



Saemundssonia aonica (Denny, 1842) 



Docophorus conious Denny, 1842. Men. Anopl. Brit.: 45 and 90, 



pi, 5, fig. 2. 

 Docophorus fuliginosus hauaiiensis Kellogg and Chapman, 1902. 



J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. , 10: 157. 

 Philopterus wallacei Johnston and Harrison, 1912. Trans. N. Z. 



Inst. , 44: 369, figs. 5-6. 

 Philopterus nwneniiaola Johnston and Harrison, 1912. Trans. N. 



Z. Inst., 44: 372, figs. 11-12. 

 Type host: Pluvialis apricaris (Linnaeus). 

 New England host : 



Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus — Killdeer. 



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