Columbicola fortis (Taschenberg)

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 : 3579-3580

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930500393368
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scientific name	Columbicola fortis (Taschenberg)
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Columbicola fortis (Taschenberg) View in CoL

( Figures 102–105 View Figures 95–111 ) Lipeurus fortis Taschenberg 1882: 126 . Type host: Otidiphaps nobilis Gould.

Description

Male head broadly bell–shaped ( Figure 102 View Figures 95–111 ); APW, 0.216; HW, 0.40–0.42 (0.410); HL, 0.56–0.58 (0.570); HL/ HW, 1.38–1.40 (1.39); SL, 0.170 –0.176 (0.173). Thorax with PW, 0.35–0.36 (0.357); MW, 0.42–0.43 (0.427). Genitalia ( Figure 104 View Figures 95–111 ) with parameres ribbon-like, wrapping behind mesosome; GW, 0.123 –0.137 (0.131). TL, 2.20–2.25 (2.23). Female similar to male except as follows. Head as in Figure 103 View Figures 95–111 ; dorsal head setae shorter; APW, 0.220 –0.245 (0.230); HW, 0.42–0.45 (0.431); HL, 0.61–0.65 (0.626); HL/ HW, 1.40–1.48 (1.45). Thorax with PW, 0.35–0.37 (0.360); MW, 0.44–0.47 (0.448). Ventral terminalia as in Figure 105 View Figures 95–111 ; subgenital plate slightly expanded anteriorly. TL, 2.40– 2.55 (2.48) GoogleMaps .

Material

3 males, 8 females, ex O. nobilis , Papua New Guinea (4).

Remarks

Tendeiro (1965) was unable to study this species directly because the type specimens were deposited in the collection of the University of Halle and were almost certainly destroyed in World War II. The species was later redescribed and illustrated by Emerson and Price (1979); it is easily recognized by the structure of the head and genitalia.