This is a common mallophagan on the Snowy Owl which has been re- 

 ported from many localities; Wilson (1928) New York; Peters (1928) 

 Ohio; Peters (1936) Maine and New Hampshire; Procter (1938) Maine; 

 Brimley (1939) North Carolina; Emerson (1940) Oklahoma; Brown and Wilk 

 (1944) Alberta; Stirrett (1952) and Judd (1953) Ontario; and Whitehead 

 (1954) Quebec. 



Specimens Host 



Locality 



Date 



Collector 



Nyotea saandiaoa Seabrook, NH 



" Branford, Conn. 



Middletown , Conn . 



Brunswick, Me. 



Lincoln, Me. 

 II II 



II II 



II II 



Scituate,Mass. 

 Hinsdale, NH 

 Little Compton, RI 



XI-6-1964 R.Gilmore 



Cornell Coll. 

 XI-14-1937 A.H.Armstrong 



(MCZ) 



W.N.Rice 



(USNM) 

 XI-12-1926 A. 0. Gross 



(USNM) 

 XI-16-1937 A.E.B. 

 XI-27-1937 A.E.B. 

 XII-7-1937 A.E.B. 

 X-14-1941 A.E.B. 

 XI-12-1926 J.B.May 



(BMS) 

 11-19-1939 L.R.Nelson 



(USNM) 



Cornell Coll. 



The 665 5. ceblehrachys was the largest number of Mallophaga taken 

 from a single bird during the course of this study. 



Measurements: Strigiphilus oeblebrachys (Denny, 1842) 



cf 9 



Head Length 

 Head Width 

 Prothorax Width 

 Pterothorax Width 

 Abdomen Length 

 Abdomen Width 

 Total Length 



.57 

 .64 

 .36 

 .52 

 .96 

 .88 

 1.84 



.63 

 .73 

 .42 

 .63 



1.20 

 .94 



2.20 



Mus , 



Mus , 



Stvigiphilus cursor (Burmeister, 1838) 



Docophorus cursor Burmeister, 1838. Handb . Ent . , 2: 426. 

 Nirmus brachyoti Denny, 1852. List Brit. Animals in Brit. 



pt. II, Anoplura: 13 (nn for D. cursor Burmeister, 1838) 

 Nirmus stridulae Denny, 1852. List Brit. Animals in Brit. 



pt. II, Anoplura: 13 {nn for D. cursor Burmeister, 1838). 

 Docophorus nudipes Piaget, 1880. Les Pediculines: 26, pi. 1, 



fig. 6. 

 Type host: Asia flammeus (Pontoppidan) — Short-eared Owl. 



I do not have any information concerning this species of Mallophaga. 



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