Strigiphilus ceblebrachys (Denny, 1842)

(Fig. 30–34)

“ Pediculus strigis O. Fabricius, 1780: 216 ”. Not Pediculus strigis Pontoppidan, 1763 .

Type host: Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Docophorus ceblebrachys Denny, 1842: 45, 92, pl. V, fig. 3.

Type host: Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Strigiphilus ceblebrachys (Denny, 1842); Hopkins & Clay, 1952: 339.

Strigiphilus ceblebrachys (Denny, 1842); Clayton & Price 1984: 353, figs 21, 42, 63.

Strigiphilus ceblebrachys (Denny, 1842); Price et al. 2003: 239.

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from the other species of Japanese Strigiphilus by (1) its rounded head with a convex preconal area (Figs 30, 33), (2) the shape of dorsal anterior plate (Figs 31, 34) and (3) the configuration of the male genitalia (Fig. 32).

Material examined. Ex Bubo scandiacus: 5♂, 5♀ (slide-mounted), Lake Kutcharo-ko, Hamatombetsu Town, Hokkaido, Japan, 20 Mar. 2015, Kan Konishi (SEHU); 119♂, 262♀, 82N (preserved in alcohol), same data (YIO) .

Japanese host: Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Other hosts: None.