Corotoca melantho Schiødte, 1853

Corotoca melantho Schiødte, 1853: 102 (original description); 1854: 11, 20 (redescription, illustrations of immature); 1856: 172 (redescription of adult, illustrations of immature—same illustration from the work of 1854); Reichensperger, 1936:188 (photograph of larva partially leaving the female abdomen); Seevers, 1957: 142 –143 (redescription); Sands & Lamb, 1975: 194 (comparison to the ninfa of second stage of the host); Fontes, 1977: 69 –70 (notes and comparison to C. phylo —treated as C. seeversi -); Jacobson et al., 1986: 118, 119, 121 (photographs of lateral and dorsal habitus, as well parts of dissected specimens).

Adult length:

Female: 2.7–3.5 mm (figs. 42–44)

Male: 2.1–2.5 mm (figs. 45–47)