Neoschoengastia americana ( Hirst, 1921 )

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Neoschoengastia americana ( Hirst, 1921)

Schoengastia americana Hirst, 1921: 37 .

Neoschoengastia americana americana: Wharton & Fuller 1952: 84 .

Neoschoengastia americana: Wharton & Hardcastle, 1946: 289 ; Thor & Willmann 1947: 311; Radford 1954: 263, fig. 56; Domrow & Nadchatram 1960: 191, figs. 36–42; Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 124; Domrow & Lester 1985: 32, figs. 116, 124–126; McClure 1987: 148; Chung et al. 2015a: 1250.

Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) americana: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 124 .

Neoschoengastia entomyza Womersley 1952: 265 , pls. 72 (H–K), 73 (A); Radford 1954: 263; Womersley & Audy 1957: 282; Nadchatram 1967a: 147.

Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) entomyza: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 124 .

Type deposition. S. americana : no data ( Domrow & Lester 1985); N. entomyza: MML ( Womersley 1952) , ANIC ( Domrow & Lester 1985).

Type data. S. americana : ex chicken, US, Texas, Dallas; N. entomyza : ex leatherhead ( Entomyzon cyanotis ), Australia, Queensland, Clermont District, Wolfgang.

Hosts. LAGOMORPHA : Sylvilagus sp.; AVES: Artamus minor , Caprimulgus macrurus bimaculatus , Colinus sp., Corvus orru cecilae , Cracticus torquatus , Entomyzon cyanotis , Gallus gallus domesticus , Gymnorhina tibicen , Manorina melanocephala , Monticola solitarius , Ninox connivens , N. novaeseelandiae , Ocyphaps lophotes , Pachycephala rufiventris , Podargus papuensis , Pomatostomus temporalis, Struthidia cinerea , Toxostoma curvirostre .

Distribution. Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan, US.

Remarks. 1. McClure (1987) recorded N. americana on 22 bird species in California; these records are not listed here.

2. Literature data on the occurrence of this species outside US can be attributed to N. solomonis , at least partly.