Columbicola harrisoni Tendeiro, 1965

Adams, Richard J., Price, Roger D. & Clayton, Dale H., 2005, Taxonomic revision of Old World members of the feather louse genus Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), including descriptions of eight new species, Journal of Natural History 39 (41), pp. 3545-3618 : 3592-3593

Columbicola harrisoni Tendeiro

( Figures 144–147 )

Columbicola cavifrons harrisoni Tendeiro 1965: 354 . Type host: Ducula pinon jobiensis (Schlegel) .

Description

Male head as in Figure 144 ; APW, 0.147 –0.152 (0.148); HW, 0.32–0.33 (0.324); HL, 0.63–0.64 (0.632); HL/ HW, 1.91–2.00 (1.95); SL, 0.137 –0.147 (0.145); PMHS as long as AMHS; medioposterior setae medium length, not reaching posterior head margin. Thorax with PW, 0.26–0.27 (0.266); MW, 0.31–0.32 (0.318). Genitalia as in Figure 146 ; mesosome narrow, rectangular, transverse sclerites thick, perpendicular to angle of mesosome; GW, 0.127 –0.137 (0.133). TL, 2.55–2.69 (0.263). Female head as in Figure 145 ; APW, 0.147 –0.152 (0.149); HW, 0.33–0.35 (0335); HL, 0.63–0.66 (0.643); HL/ HW, 1.89–1.94 (1.92). Thorax with PW, 0.26–0.28 (0.268); MW, 0.32–0.35 (0.338). Ventral terminalia as in Figure 147 ; subgenital plate groove broadly triangular, anteriorly pointed. TL, 2.77–2.98 (2.87) .

Material

Holotype male, allotype female, 1 male paratype of C. harrisoni , ex D. pinon jobiensis , New Guinea (1). 3 males, 5 females, (including 1 female paratype of C. harrisoni ), ex D. pinon (Quoy and Gaimard) , New Guinea (3).

Remarks

Tendeiro (1965) described C. harrisoni from two host species, Ptilinopus magnificus (Temminck) and D. pinon . Based on consistent differences in both the male and female genitalia, the specimens from the two hosts are considered to represent distinct species: C. harrisoni ex D. pinon and C. reedi ex P. magnificus . Columbicola harrisoni was originally described as a subspecies of C. cavifrons ; however, Tendeiro (1984) elevated C. harrisoni to full species status.

Figures

Figures 131–146. Columbicola longiceps: (131) male genitalia. C. mendesi: (132) male dorsal head; (133) female dorsal head; (134) male genitalia; (135) female ventral terminalia. C. cavifrons: (136) male dorsal head; (137) male genitalia; (138) female dorsal head; (139) female ventral terminalia. C. sikoraae: (140) male genitalia; (141) female ventral terminalia. C. xavieri: (142) male genitalia; (143) female ventral terminalia. C. harrisoni: (144) male dorsal head; (145) female dorsal head; (146) male genitalia.

Figures 147–164. Columbicola harrisoni: (147) female ventral terminalia. C. reedi: (148) male dorsal head; (149) female dorsal head; (150) male genitalia; (151) female ventral terminalia. C. gourae: (152) male dorsal head; (153) male genitalia; (154) female dorsal head; (155) female ventral terminalia. C. paradoxus: (156) male dorsal head; (157) male genitalia. C. clayae: (158) male dorsal head; (159) female dorsal head; (160) male genitalia; (161) female ventral terminalia. C. davisae: (162) male dorsal head; (163) female dorsal head; (164) male genitalia.