Strigiphilus tuleskovi Balát, 1958

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Strigiphilus tuleskovi Balát, 1958

( Fig. 40–44 )

Strigiphilus tuleškovi Balát, 1958: 418 .

Type host: Otus scops scops (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Strigiphilus senegalensis Tendeiro, 1963: 75 , fig. 24, photos 61–64; Clayton & Price 1984: 347.

Type host: Otus senegalensis senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) .

Strigiphilus tuleskovi Balát, 1958 ; Clayton & Price 1984: 347, figs 13, 34, 56.

Strigiphilus tuleskovi Balát, 1958 ; Price et al. 2003: 240.

Specimens examined. Ex Otus sunia japonicus : 1♂, 1♀ (slide-mounted), Japan (no other collecting data available) ( SEHU); 2♀ (preserved in alcohol), same data ( SEHU) .

Diagnosis. Strigiphilus tuleskovi is morphologically similar to S. stenocephalus , but it can be distinguished from the latter species by (1) its smaller head (male: HL <0.5, TW <0.43; female: HL <0.6, TW <0.48), (2) longer male genitalia compared with total body length, and (3) the configuration of the mesosome of the male genitalia, in particular the shape of the dorsal genitalic plate ( Figs 37 , 42 ; see also Clayton & Price 1984, fig. 56).

Japanese host: Otus sunia japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 (new host association)

Other hosts: Otus scops scops (Linnaeus, 1758) , Otus sunia stictonotus (Sharpe, 1875) , Otus senegalensis senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) , Otus senegalensis hendersoni (Cassin, 1852) .

Figures

FIGURES 40–44. Strigiphilus tuleskovi: 40, male habitus. 41, male dorsal anterior plate. 42, male genitalia. 43, female habitus. 44, female dorsal anterior plate. Scale bar for 40 and 43: 0.5mm; for 41, 42 and 44: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 35–39. Strigiphilus stenocephalus: 35, male habitus. 36, male dorsal anterior plate. 37, male genitalia. 38, female habitus. 39, female dorsal anterior plate. Scale bar for 35 and 38: 0.5mm; for 36, 37 and 39: 0.1mm.