Measurements : S. mevguti 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Prothorax Width 

 Pterothorax Width 

 Abdomen Length 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



.55 

 .45 

 .28 

 .36 



.61 

 .63 



1.45 



.60 

 .49 

 .31 

 .42 

 .93 

 .81 

 1.86 



Saemundssonia platygaster (Denny, 1842) 



Dooophoms platygaster Denny, 1842. Mon. Anopl. Brit.: 44 and 



83, pi. 2, fig. 5. 

 Docophorus peristica Kellogg and Kuwana, 1902. Proc. Wash. Acad. 



Sci. , 4: 462, pi. 28, fig. 2. 

 Philopterus ohenamyaha Seguy, 1949. Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, 



2A: 166, figs. 3-5. 

 Saemundssonia optimatis Eichler, 1953. In Neithammer, Bonn. 



Zool. Beitr., 4: 275, fig. 37. 

 Type host: Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus. 

 New England hosts: 



Charadrius semipatmatus Bonaparte — Semipalraated Plover. 



Charadrius melodus Ord — Piping Plover. 



Aotitis macularia (Linnaeus) — Spotted Sandpiper. 



Tringa solitaria Wilson — Solitary Sandpiper. 



Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin) — Greater Yellowlegs. 



Calidris oanutus (Linnaeus) — Knot. 



Head conical; almost as long as wide; clypeus short, rounded an- 

 teriorly; dorsal anterior plate pyriform; temporal area rounded with 

 3 setae. Prothorax trapezoidal with 2 setae in each posterolateral 

 angle. Pterothorax rounded posteriorly with 5 or 6 setae on each side 

 of the mid-line on the dorsal posterior margin. Abdomen rounded, oval. 

 Male genitalia with very long parameres. 



Specimens Host 



Locality 



Date 



Collector 



1 slide Charadrius semipatmatus Plymouth, Mass. X-4-1923 BMS 

 1 slide " " Rye, NH IX-24-1934 L.R.Nelson 



(USNM) 



152 



