Columbicola fradei 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 : 3583-3584

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930500393368
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scientific name	Columbicola fradei Tendeiro
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Columbicola fradei Tendeiro View in CoL

( Figures 114, 115 View Figures 112–130 ) Columbicola fradei Tendeiro 1965: 137 . Type host: Columba l. larvata Temminck.

Description

Male head with HW, 0.22–0.24 (0.228); HL, 0.54–0.58 (0.560); HL/ HW, 2.07–2.15 (2.11). Thorax with PW, 0.20–0.22 (0.214); MW, 0.25–0.27 (0.260). Genitalia as in Figure 114 View Figures 112–130 ; mesosome with lightly pigmented base; GW, 0.088 –0.098 (0.092). TL, 2.13– 2.33 (2.21). Female HW, 0.29–0.32 (0.303); HL, 0.59; HL/ HW 1.84 – 2.03 (1.94). Thorax with PW, 0.24–0.25 (0.243); MW, 0.29–0.30 (0.297). Ventral terminalia as in Figure 115 View Figures 112–130 ; subgenital plate groove slightly peaked. TL, 2.62–2.67 (2.65) GoogleMaps .

Material

Holotype male, allotype female, 4 male, 2 female paratypes of C. fradei , ex C. larvata , Kenya, Uganda, Principe Island, Lake Tanganyika region (4).

Remarks

Columbicola fradei has been recorded from both of the disjunct East and West African populations of the type host, C. larvata . The ovoid mesosome of the male genitalia is distinctive. The wide, slightly peaked subgenital plate groove of the female, together with the lack of subgenital plate setae, and overall body dimensions, should allow for reliable identification.