Strigiphilus heterocerus (Grube, 1851)

Shimada, Megumi & Yoshizawa, Kazunori, 2020, A revision of Strigiphilus (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Japan, Zootaxa 4779 (4), pp. 501-521 : 502

The heterocerus species-group

Diagnosis. (1) Abdominal tergite III with postspiracular setae; (2) metanotum with 3–4 long, 1 medium and 1 very short posterolateral setae on each side; and (3) male genitalia as in Fig. 4 , with a thickened central prolongation of basal apodeme (see Clay 1966b: fig. 14).

Here, we record one species of the heterocerus species-group from Japan: Strigiphilus heterocerus ( Grube, 1851) , previously reported by Uchida (1948) as “ Strigiphilus fukuro n. sp. ”

Figures

FIGURES 2–6. Strigiphilus heterocerus: 2, male habitus. 3, male dorsal anterior plate. 4, male genitalia. 5, female habitus. 6, female dorsal anterior plate. Scale bar for 2 and 5: 0.5mm; for 3, 4 and 6: 0.1mm.