Colpocephalum ferrisi Bedford, 1930

Ilieva, Mihaela, 2009, Checklist of the chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from wild birds in Bulgaria, Zootaxa 2138 (1), pp. 1-66 : 9

Colpocephalum ferrisi Bedford, 1930

Report: [1] Touleshkov (1958). Host: Ciconia nigra (L.) [1]. Distribution in Bulgaria: Chepinci (Sofia Region), Panagyuriste [1]. Remarks: The species is known as specific parasite of Ciconia abdimii Lichtenstein. Colpocephalum nigrae

Price & Beer, 1965 has been described from Ciconia nigra (L.). Since the material examined by

Touleshkov has not been found in his collection, the species affiliation of the lice identified as C. ferrisi cannot be confirmed.