Peristerophila columbae ( Hirst, 1920 )

Peristerophila columbae ( Hirst, 1920) View in CoL

Syringophilus columbae Hirst, 1920: 121 View in CoL .

Peristerophila columbae, Kethley1970: 56 View in CoL , figs. 32.

Type host: Columba livia Gmelin ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ) from USA.

Diagnosis. FEMALE HOMEOMORPHIC FORM. Total body length 635‒680. Infracapitulum punctate. Length of gnathosoma 85–110. Length ratio of apodemes I: gnathosoma 1:1.3–1.5. Each medial branch of peritremes with 2 chambers, each lateral branch with 4‒5 chambers. Propodonotal shield punctate, weakly sclerotized, rectangular in shape or reduced to 3 sabre-like, vertical sclerites. Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield. and punctate in posterior part; bases of setae d1 situated on anterior margin of this shield. Coxal fields I densely punctate, II‒IV sparsely punctate. Bases of setae 3a situated out of coxal fields III. Lengths of setae: ve 20–25, si 20–25, se 190–220, c1 200–230, c2 180–195. Length of apodemes I 65–70. Length of legs I 60–75, legs II 50–70. Length ratios of setae: ve: si: se 1:1.2‒1.5:7.8‒9.5, e2: d2 1:1.4‒1.6.

FEMALE, HETEROMORPHIC FORM. Unknown.

MALE. Total body length 335‒370. Infracapitulum apunctate. Each medial branch of peritremes with 2 cham-bers, each lateral branch with 4 chambers. Propodonotal shield entire, apunctate. Setae se and c2 situated at same transverse level. Hysteronotal shield not fused to pygidial shield. Pygidial shield apunctate. Coxal fields I–IV apunctate. Length of setae: ve 20–25, si 20–25, se 70, d1 20, d2 55, e2 20. Length ratios of setae ve: si: se 1:1.2‒1.5:2.8‒3.5; e2: d2 1:2.7.

Hosts and distribution. Columbiformes (Columbidae) —African Olive-pigeon Columba arquatrix (Temminck) ( new host) from Kenya, Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea Linnaeus ( new host) from Tanzania and South Africa, Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota (Vigors) ( new host) from Nepal (this study), Rock Pigeon Columba livia Gmelin from Poland ( Skoracki 2011), England ( Nattress & Skoracki 2009), Turkey, Iran, India ( Bochkov & Mironov 1998), Macedonia ( new locality), and Canada ( new locality) (this study), Stock Pigeon Columba oenas Linnaeus ( new host) from Germany, Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus Linnaeus ( new host) from Germany and England, Madeira laurel Pigeon Columba trocaz Heineken ( new host) from Portugal, Chiriqui Quail-Dove Geotrygon chiriquensis Sclater ( new host) from Panama, Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa (Gmelin) from Surinam ( new host) (this study), Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky) from Jordan ( Skoracki 2011), Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens (Hartlaub and Finsch) ( new host) from Tanzania, Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall) ( new host) from Angola, Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis (Latham) ( new host) from Japan, Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata (Rueppell) ( new host) from Tanzania, Angola, and D.R. Congo, Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann) ( new host) from China, European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus) ( new host) from Macedonia, Hungary, Germany, and Greece (this study).

New material examined herein. Columbiformes (Columbidae) — 10 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.908) from Columba arguatrix , KENYA: Central Province , Kikuyu, December 1894, coll. Neumann [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 4 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.909) from Columba guinea Linnaeus , SOUTH AFRICA: February 1911, coll. Kattwinkel [host reg. no. ZSM 11.2614 View Materials ]. 7 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.910) from same host species, TANZANIA: 8 June 1961, coll. Th. Andersen [host reg. no. ZSM 62.40 View Materials ]. 6 females (HOM) deposited in the AMU (reg. no. AMU-SYR.912) from same host species, TANZANIA: Dodoma Distr., 12 March 1953, coll. Th. Andersen [host reg. no. ZSM 1428 View Materials ]. 9 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.912) from Columba leuconota , NEPAL: Himalayas, 30 June 1962, coll. unknown [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 2 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.913) from Columba livia , MACEDONIA: 20 February 1918, coll. L. Mueller [host reg. no. ZSM 18.1764 View Materials ]. 1 female (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.914) from same host species, CANADA: March 2005, coll. Edmonton. 9 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.915) from Columba oenas , GERMANY: Westheim Pfalz, 18 May 1909, coll. Laubmann [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 10 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.916) from Columba palumbus , GERMANY: no other data [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 7 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU- SYR.917) from same host species, ENGLAND: no other data [host in the ZSM uncatalogued]. 3 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.918) from Columba trocaz , PORTUGAL: Madeira Isl., no other data [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 8 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.919) from Geotrygon chiriquensis , PANAMA: Chiriqui, 1895, coll. Dalmas [host reg. no. ZSM 09.3564 View Materials ]. 4 females (HOM), 1 tritonymph (reg. no. AMU-SYR.920) from Patagioenas speciosa , SURINAM: Paramaribo,1843, no other data [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 5 females (HOM) deposited in the AMU (reg. no. AMU-SYR.921) from Streptopelia capicola , ANGOLA: Entre Rios, 27 June 1953, coll. W. Hellmid [host reg. no. ZSM 55.43 View Materials ]. 9 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.922) from Streptopelia decaocto , MACEDONIA: Veles, 7 March 1918, coll. L. Mueller [host reg. no. ZSM 18.1863 View Materials ]. 7 females (HOM), 1 protonymph, 1 tritonymph (reg. no. AMU-SYR.923) from Streptopelia tranquebarica , CHINA: Yangtze, 29 July 1899, coll. Haberer [host in the ZSM uncatalogued]. 2 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.924) from Streptopelia decipiens , TANZANIA: Maasailand, December 1893, coll. O. Neumann host in the ZSM , uncatalogued]. 2 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.925) from Streptopelia orientalis , JAPAN: Nara, 7 December 1904, coll. Doflein [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 6 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.927) from Streptopelia semitorquata , TAN-ZANIA : Mtwara Distr. Mikindami, 19 September 1962, coll. Th. Andersen [host reg. no. ZSM 63.276 View Materials ]. 3 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.928) from same host species, ANGOLA: 26 June 1953, coll. W. Hellmid [host reg. no. ZSM 55.41 View Materials ]. 3 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.929) from same host species, D. R . CONGO: Katanga, coll. Michell, no other data [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 5 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.930) from Streptopelia turtur , MACEDONIA: Veles, 26 May 1918, coll. Mueller [host reg. no. ZSM 18.2663 View Materials ]. 5 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.930a) from same host species, GREECE: Thessaloniki, 10 May 1931, coll. Kattinger [host reg. no. ZSM 33.403 View Materials ]. 4 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.931) from same host species, HUNGARY: Dabas, Tatarszentgyorgy , 11 July 1924, coll. M. Kiefer [host reg. no. ZSM 24.373 View Materials ]. 2 females (HOM), 1 protonymph and 1 larva (reg. no. AMU-SYR.932), GERMANY: Bayern, 9 June 1925, coll. unknown [host reg. no. ZSM 24.373 View Materials ] .