Carriker (1958) reports this species from Indiana. 



Measurements: Stin.giphilus vavius Carriker, 1958 



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STURNIDOECUS 



Stumidoecus Eichler, 1944. Stettin. Ent. Ztg., 105: 81. 



Type species: Dooophorus leontodon Nltzsch, 1818 (A synonym of 

 Pediaulus stumi Schrank, 1776) . 



Philopteridae with rather elongate, bluntly triangular head; 

 clypeus rather narrow, truncate or slightly concave; clypeal signature 

 distinct, broadly emarginate anteriorly, truncate posteriorly. Eyes 

 protruding, with a short seta. Temporal lobes rounded, with a long 

 seta at each posterolateral angle and 2 or 3 small setae along the 

 dorsal margin between the temporal angle and eye. Posterior edge of 

 occiput nearly straight, with no setae; occipital carinae distinct; 

 antennae similar in the 2 sexes, 2nd segment the longest, 1st and 5th 

 of about equal length. Prothorax rectangular with a long setae near 

 each posterolateral angle; pterothorax nearly as wide as head; sides 

 divergent posteriorly. Abdomen elongate-oval in outline; abdomen of 

 female more elongate than in male. Last abdominal segment of male 

 slightly bilobed and abdominal setae sparse or absent. Male genitalia 

 with broad basal plate; parameres club-shaped basally, narrowing in 

 mid-portion with tips expanded and curving inward. 



Stumidoecus simplex (Kellogg, 1896) 



Nirmus simplex Kellogg, 1896. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 6: 492, 



pi. 67, fig. 2. 

 Philopterus migratorii Peters, 1935. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 37: 



146, figs. 1-2. 

 Type host: Turdus migratorius Linnaeus — Robin. 



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