Columba galei

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 : 3584

13. galei species group

The single species of this group is from the host genus Gymnophaps . It has the anterior marginal head carina rounded, complete ( Figures 116, 117 ); body elongate; each side of metanotum with two long, two short setae ( Figure 2 ). Male antenna with enlarged scape, spur on third segment ( Figure 116 ); mesosome broadly triangular with four pointed anterior projections; no pores ( Figure 118 ). Female subgenital plate groove elongate, smoothly rounded, each side with 5–7 medium to long (0.017 –0.024) setae ( Figure 119 ).

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.

Figures 1–18. Columbicola columbae: (1) dorsal-ventral male. Columbicola male: (2) metanotal margin with two long, two short setal pattern; (3) metanotal margin with three long, one short setal pattern; (4) dorsoanterior head—a5anterior medial head setae (AMHS), b5posterior medial head setae (PMHS); (5) genitalia, width (GW); (6) body measurements—head length (HL), dorsoanterior head plate width (APW), head width (HW), scape length (SL), prothorax width (PW), metathorax width (MW), total length (TL). C. columbae: (7) male dorsal head (arrow5medioposterior head setae); (8) male genitalia; (9) female dorsal head; (10) female ventral terminalia. C. bacillus: (11) male genitalia; (12) female ventral terminalia. C. stresemanni: (13) male dorsal head; (14) female dorsal head. C. claviformis: (15) male dorsal head; (16) male genitalia; (17) female ventral terminalia. C. tschulyschman: (18) male dorsal head.