Strigiphilus cursor
Creators: name: Shimada, Megumi
name: Yoshizawa, Kazunori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phthiraptera
Philopteridae
Strigiphilus
Strigiphilus cursor

description: Strigiphilus cursor (Burmeister, 1838)
(Figs 7–16)
Docophorus cursor Burmeister, 1838: 426.
Type host: Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763).
Nirmus brachyoti Denny, 1852: 13; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 338.
Type host: Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763).
Nirmus stridulae Denny, 1852: 13; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 340.
Type host: Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763).
Docophorus nudipes Piaget, 1880: 26, pl. I, fig.6; Clay 1966b: 844.
Type host: Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763).
Philopterus cursor Nitzsch in Burmeister, 1838: Uchida, 1949: 542.
Philopterus cursor var laticephalus Uchida, 1949: 543 [in part]. New synonymy.
Type host: Strix aluco yamadae Yamashina, 1936.
Strigiphilus cursor (Burmeister, 1938): Hopkins & Clay, 1952: 339.
Strigiphilus laticephalus (Uchida, 1949): Hopkins & Clay, 1952: 340.
Strigiphilus nudipes (Piaget, 1880); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 340.
Strigiphilus cursor (Burmeister, 1938); Price et al. 2003: 239.
Diagnosis. Strigiphilus cursor can be distinguished from other species of Japanese Strigiphilus by the following characters (1) abdominal tergite III with postspiracular setae, (2) the metanotum with 2 long and 1 medium posterolateral setae on each side, (3) the shape of dorsal anterior plates (Figs 8, 11, 13, 16), and (4) the morphology of the male genitalia (Figs 9, 14).
Material examined. Type specimens. Ex Strix aluco yamadae: Lectotype ♂ (here designated) of Philopterus cursor laticephalus Uchida, 1949. Originally labeled as “ Philopterus cursor laticephalus n. var. / Takasago-fukuro [= Strix aluco yamadae: in Katakana], Ishigakijima [in Kanji], 18. XII. 1924 ” (ELKU). Paralectotypes: 4♂, 13♀, with same data as lectotype (ELKU). The lectotype and 4♂, 7♀ paralectotypes are slide-mounted, and labeled as “(1) (Para) Lectotype / Philopterus cursor / var laticephalus / Uchida, 1949; (2) Strigiphilus cursor / det. Shimada & Yoshi, 2020; (3) Ishigakijima/ Ryukyus/ 18. xii. 1924 / ex. Strix aluco yamadae ”.
Note: There is a discrepancy on the year of collection of the above-listed specimens, being “1923” in Uchida (1949: 543), but “1924” in Uchida's label attached to the lice. However, as all other label data are in complete agreement with the data given by Uchida (1949: 543), we concluded that these specimens are those examined by Uchida (1949) and published as “ Philopterus cursor var laticephalus n. var. ”.
Non-type specimens. Ex Asio flammeus flammeus: 1♂, 2♀, 1N (slide-mounted), originally labeled as “ Philopterus cursor N./ Komimizuku [= Asio flammeus flammeus: in Katakana], Chiba Prefecture Funabashi [in Kanji], 14. XII. 1924 ” (ELKU); 1N (preserved in alcohol) same data (ELKU). Ex Asio flammeus ssp.: 1♀ (slide-mounted), Fukuei, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, 29 Aug. 2006, Tatsuo Sato (SEHU); 1♀ (preserved in alcohol) same data (YIO); 1♀ (slide-mounted), Takarajima, Toshima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 3 Dec. 2007, Isao Nishiumi & Yasuko Iwami (SEHU).
Japanese hosts: Strix aluco yamadae Yamashina, 1936, Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763).
Other hosts. Asio flammeus sspp.
description: Published as part of Shimada, Megumi & Yoshizawa, Kazunori, 2020, A revision of Strigiphilus (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Japan, pp. 501-521 in Zootaxa 4779 (4) on pages 504-505, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3839464