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THE COLPOCEPHALUM (MALLOPHAGA: MENOPONIDAE) OF THE PELECANIFORMES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Roger D. Price
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Abstract

Five species of the genus are discussed and illustrated, including a new species, C. occidentalis from Pelecanus occidentalis. The lectotype is designated for C. unciferum Kellogg, fixing the type-host as Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. A key is given to the species.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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