Philopterus cursor, Nitzsch in Burmeister, 1838

Shimada, Megumi & Yoshizawa, Kazunori, 2020, A revision of Strigiphilus (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Japan, Zootaxa 4779 (4), pp. 501-521 : 504

The cursor species-group

Diagnosis. (1) Abdominal tergite III with postspiracular setae, (2) metanotum with 2 long and 1 medium posterolateral setae on each side, and (3) male genitalia without thickened central prolongation of basal apodeme ( Figs 9 , 14 ).

Here, we record one species of the cursor species-group from Japanese hosts: Strigiphilus cursor ( Burmeister, 1838) . Uchida (1949) recorded specimens of this species as “ Philopterus cursor ” and as “ Philopterus cursor var laticephalus ” (see below).

Figures

FIGURES 7–11. Strigiphilus cursor [specimens identified by Uchida (1949: 542) as “Philopterus cursor” from Asio flammeus flammeus]: 7, male habitus. 8, male dorsal anterior plate. 9, male genitalia. 10, female habitus. 11, female dorsal anterior plate. Scale bar for 7 and 10: 0.5mm; for 8, 9 and 11: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 12–16. Strigiphilus cursor [specimens identified by Uchida (1949: 543) as “Philopterus cursor var laticephalus” from Strix aluco yamadae]: 12, male habitus. 13, male dorsal anterior plate. 14, male genitalia. 15, female habitus. 16, female dorsal anterior plate. Scale bar for 12 and 15: 0.5mm; for 13, 14 and 16: 0.1mm.