Colpocephalum cayennensis Price & Emerson, 1967: 875

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Colpocephalum cayennensis Price & Emerson, 1967: 875 ( Fig. 1B )

Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia. Distribution in Brazil: no further data ( Price & Emerson, 1967), GO, PA (present study).

Host : Mesembrinibis cayennensis (Gmelin, 1789) (type host) ( Threskiornithidae ).

Material examined: 1♂ 1♀ (#7145-46) ex Mesembrinibis cayennensis (#30659),Rio Aricá,Fazenda Aricá (ExpediÇão ao Alto Tapajós) (17°57′S, 55°56′W), Aruanã, Goiás, Brazil, 26.VI.1944, A.M. Olalla col. 1♀ (#7147) ex M. cayennensis (#58046), Rio Tapajós (03°40′S, 55°30′W), Fordlândia, Pará, Brazil, 10.XI.1964, A.M. Olalla col.

Figures

Figure 1.Habitus inmost dorsal view:A =Colpocephalum ajajaemale (note adilatation of pre-ocular region on rightsideof specimen as result of ateratology);B = Colpocephalum cayennensis male;C =Colpocephalum harpiprionimale;D= Colpocephaluminfuscati male;E = Colpocephalumleptopygos female;F =Colpocephalum trispinum male.All photos are in samescale.