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Strigiphilus heterocerus

  • 1. Systematic Entomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060 - 8589 Japan
  • 2. Systematic Entomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060 - 8589 Japan & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6170 - 4296

Description

Strigiphilus heterocerus (Grube, 1851)

(Figs 2–6)

Docophorus heterocerus Grube, 1851: 469.

Type host: Strix uralensis liturata (Tengmalm, 1795).

Strigiphilus fukuro Uchida, 1948: 307, fig.1; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 339.

Type host: Strix uralensis hondoensis (Clark, 1907).

Neodocophorus uralensis Eichler, 1949: 15, figs 33–34; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 340.

Type host: Strix uralensis liturata (Tengmalm, 1795).

Strigiphilus heterocerus (Grube, 1851): Hopkins & Clay, 1952: 339.

Strigiphilus laticephalus Złotorzycka, 1974: 324, fig. 48”. Not Philopterus cursor var laticephalus Uchida, 1949. “ Strigiphilus laticephalus Adam & Daróczi, 2006: 157, figs 11c,d”. Not Philopterus cursor var laticephalus Uchida, 1949. Strigiphilus heterocerus (Grube, 1851): Price et al. 2003: 239.

Diagnosis. Among the Japanese species of Strigiphilus, this species is easily identified by (1) a short preconal area of the head with anterior margin slightly concave (Figs 2, 5), (2) sexually dimorphic antennae (Figs 2, 5), (3) the shape of dorsal anterior plates (Figs 3, 6), and (4) the morphology of the male genitalia (Fig. 4).

Material examined. Type specimens. Ex Strix uralensis hondoensis: Syntypes of Strigiphilus fukuro: 1♂ (slide-mounted), Fukuro [= Strix uralensis hondoensis, in Katakana], Nagano Prefecture [in Kanji], Japan, 24 Dec. 1916 (ELKU); 2♂, 5♀, 9N (preserved in alcohol) same data (ELKU). Slide-mounted syntypes are labeled as “(1) Syntype / Strigiphilus fukuro / Uchida, 1948 / det. Shimada & Yoshi, 2020; (2) Nagano Pref. / (24. xii. 1916)/ ex Strix uralensis ” (ELKU); 1♀ (slide-mounted #010693510) (1) “ Strigiphilus fukuro Uchida, 1948 / T. Clay det./ PARA- TYPE ” [no holotype designation was made in the original description by Uchida (1948), therefore this specimen is actually a syntype]. (2) “ Strigiphilus fukuro n. sp. / Fukuro [in Katakana]/ Shinshu [in Kanji = Nagano Prefecture] 33” (NMHL). Data taken from NHML online database accessed on 23 Apr. 2020 —https://data.nhm.ac.uk

Non-type specimens. Ex Strix uralensis spp.: 23♂, 48♀, 1N (slide-mounted) Amakubo, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, 9 Feb. 2009, Haruhiko Asuka & Miyako Tsurumi (SEHU); 26♂, 89♀, 40N (preserved in alcohol) same data (YIO); 1♂, 1♀ (slide-mounted), Bibi, Chitose City, Hokkaido, Japan, 10 Mar. 2006, Miyako Tsurumi (SEHU); 4♂, 18♀, 23N (preserved in alcohol) same data (YIO).

Japanese host: Strix uralensis hondoensis (Clark, 1907).

Other hosts. Strix uralensis uralensis Pallas, 1771, Strix uralensis liturata (Tengmalm, 1795).

Notes

Published as part of Shimada, Megumi & Yoshizawa, Kazunori, 2020, A revision of Strigiphilus (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Japan, pp. 501-521 in Zootaxa 4779 (4) on page 504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3839464

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SEHU , YIO
Event date
2006-03-10 , 2009-02-09
Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Strigiphilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phthiraptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Grube
Species
heterocerus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2006-03-10 , 2009-02-09
Taxonomic concept label
Strigiphilus heterocerus (Grube, 1851) sec. Shimada & Yoshizawa, 2020

References

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  • Uchida, S. (1948) Studies on the biting-lice (Mallophaga) of Japan and adjacent territories (suborder Ischnocera Pt. I). The Japanese Medical Journal, 1 (4), 303 - 326. https: // doi. org / 10.7883 / yoken 1948.1.303
  • Hopkins, G. H. E. & Clay, T. (1952) A check list of the genera & species of Mallophaga. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 362 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 118844
  • Eichler, W. (1949) Die Eulenfederlinge. Beitrage zur Taxonomischen Zoologie, 1, 7 - 22.
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  • Uchida, S. (1949) Studies on the biting-lice (Mallophaga) of Japan and adjacent territories (suborder Ischnocera Pt. II). The Japanese Medical Journal, 1 (6), 535 - 556. https: // doi. org / 10.7883 / yoken 1948.1.535
  • Adam, C. & Daroczi, S. J. (2006) The chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) collected on some Falconiformes and Strigiformes (Aves) from Romania. Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle " Grigore Antipa ", 49, 145 - 168.
  • Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A. & Palma, R. L. (2003) World checklist of chewing lice with host associations and keys to families and genera. In: Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. (Eds.), The Chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, pp. i-x + 1 - 501.