Taxonomic revision of Old World members of the feather louse genus Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), including descriptions of eight new species
Author
Adams, Richard J.
Author
Price, Roger D.
Author
Clayton, Dale H.
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Journal of Natural History
2005
2005-12-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930500393368
journal article
10.1080/00222930500393368
1464-5262
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9.
fortis
species group
This group contains a single species from the host genus
Otidiphaps
. It has a very broad head, with both anterior and posterior thickenings (
Figures 102, 103
); body oblong; each side of metanotum with two long, two short setae (
Figure 2
). Male antenna with enlarged scape, spur on third segment (
Figure 102
); parameres wide (
Figure 104
); mesosome rectangular, rounded, expanded anteriorly; four pores, one lateral sclerite on each side. Each side of female subgenital plate with 4–5 long setae; subgenital plate groove elongate, narrow (
Figure 105
).