The cursitans species-group

Diagnosis. (1) Absence of postspiracular seta on abdominal tergite III, (2) male tergites divided, and (3) basal apodeme of male genitalia with a forked prolongation, not fused to penis (Figs 32, 37, 42).

We have identified material of three species of the cursitans species-group parasitising Japanese hosts, as follows:

Strigiphilus ceblebrachys (Denny, 1842) . New species record for Japan.

Strigiphilus stenocephalus new species .

Strigiphilus tuleskovi Balát, 1958 . New species record for Japan.