Neoschoengastia americana (Hirst, 1921)

Schoengastia americana Hirst, 1921: 37 .

Neoschoengastia americana americana: Wharton & Fuller 1952: 84 .

Neoschoengastia americana: Wharton & Hardcastle, 1946: 289; Thor & Willmann 1947: 311; Radford 1954: 263, fig. 56; Domrow & Nadchatram 1960: 191, figs. 36–42; Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 124; Domrow & Lester 1985: 32, figs. 116, 124–126; McClure 1987: 148; Chung et al. 2015a: 1250.

Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) americana: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 124 .

Neoschoengastia entomyza Womersley 1952: 265, pls. 72 (H–K), 73 (A); Radford 1954: 263; Womersley & Audy 1957: 282; Nadchatram 1967a: 147.

Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) entomyza: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 124 .

Type deposition. S. americana: no data (Domrow & Lester 1985); N. entomyza: MML (Womersley 1952), ANIC (Domrow & Lester 1985).

Type data. S. americana: ex chicken, US, Texas, Dallas; N. entomyza: ex leatherhead ( Entomyzon cyanotis), Australia, Queensland, Clermont District, Wolfgang.

Hosts. LAGOMORPHA: Sylvilagus sp.; AVES: Artamus minor, Caprimulgus macrurus bimaculatus, Colinus sp., Corvus orru cecilae, Cracticus torquatus, Entomyzon cyanotis, Gallus gallus domesticus, Gymnorhina tibicen, Manorina melanocephala, Monticola solitarius, Ninox connivens, N. novaeseelandiae, Ocyphaps lophotes, Pachycephala rufiventris, Podargus papuensis, Pomatostomus temporalis, Struthidia cinerea, Toxostoma curvirostre .

Distribution. Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan, US.

Remarks. 1. McClure (1987) recorded N. americana on 22 bird species in California; these records are not listed here.

2. Literature data on the occurrence of this species outside US can be attributed to N. solomonis, at least partly.