Columbicola fulmeki Eichler, 1942

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 : 3585

Columbicola fulmeki Eichler

( Figures 120, 121 )

Columbicola baculus fulmeki Eichler 1942b: 274 . Type host: Streptopelia chinensis tigrina (Temminck) .

Description

Head elongate, broad. Male APW, 0.132 –0.162 (0.141); HW , 0.27–0.30 (0.283); HL, 0.56–0.61 (0.590); HL/HW, 1.96–2.18 (2.07); pair of medioposterior head setae long, extending beyond posterior margin. Thorax with PW, 0.22–0.24 (0.231); MW, 0.26–0.34 (0.304). Genitalia as in Figure 120 ; GW, 0.103 –0.114 (0.109). TL, 2.38–2.67 (2.50). Female head with APW , 0.135 –0.157 (0.148); HW , 0.27–0.31 (0.291); HL, 0.58–0.67 (0.624); HL/HW, 2.06–2.30 (2.15). Thorax with PW, 0.21–0.25 (0.236); MW, 0.26–0.36 (0.307). Ventral terminalia as in Figure 121 . TL, 2.71–3.04 (2.84).

Material

15 males, 14 females, ex S. chinensis (Scopoli) , Thailand , Borneo, Taiwan, Myanmar (13). 2 males, ex S. orientalis , Taiwan .

Remarks

The male genitalia of C. fulmeki are unique, consisting of several apparent components between the long, thin parameres. The female subgenital plate groove is also distinctive, being broadly rounded with a small anterior extension, and bordered by a number of minute setae (often difficult to discern). Tendeiro (1979) listed multiple records of this louse from G. maugei , and additional specimens were recently recorded from S. orientalis . The latter represents a new host record for C. fulmeki .

Figures

Figures 112–130. Columbicola timorensis: (112) female dorsal head; (113) female ventral terminalia. C. fradei: (114) male genitalia; (115) female ventral terminalia. C. galei: (116) male dorsal head; (117) female dorsal head; (118) male genitalia; (119) female ventral terminalia. C. fulmeki: (120) male genitalia; (121) female ventral terminalia. C. veigasimoni: (122) male dorsal head; (123) male genitalia; (124) female dorsal head; (125) female ventral terminalia. C. palmai: (126) male dorsal head; (127) male genitalia; (128) female dorsal head. C. longiceps: (129) male dorsal head; (130) female dorsal head.