Colpocephalum holzenthali n. sp. (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) from the barred forest-falcon Micrastur ruficollis (Falconidae) in Peru.
Colpocephalum holzenthali, a new species of chewing louse, is described from a series of lice collected in Peru from Micrastur ruficollis zonothorax, the barred forest-falcon. Colpocephalum holzenthali is most similar to members of the Colpocephalum polybori species group.
Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
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D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification