Sternostoma tracheacolum Lawrence, 1948
Fig 88 (a). Sternostoma tracheacolum female dorsal habitus.
Fig 88 (b). Sternostoma tracheacolum female dorsum.
Fig 88 (c). Sternostoma tracheacolum female venter.
North American host records:
Emberizidae:
Cardinalis sinuatus,
Pyrrhuloxia
(Pence and Casto 1975; Estebanes-Gonzalez 1997)
Melospiza melodia,
Song Sparrow
(Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Passerella iliaca,
Fox Sparrow
(Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Passerina cyanea,
Indigo Bunting
(Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Pipilo fuscus,
Canyon Towhee
(Pence and Casto 1975)
Pooecetes gramineus,
Vesper Sparrow
(Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Spizella pusilla,
Field Sparrow
(Fain and Hyland 1962; Wilson 1964; Pence 1975)
Fringillidae:
Serinus canaria,
Island Canary
(Fain and Hyland 1962)
Hirundinidae:
Riparia riparia,
Sand Martin
(Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Tachycineta bicolor,
Tree Swallow
(Pence 1972, 1975)
Icteridae:
Agelaius phoeniceus,
Red-winged
Blackbird (Hood and Welch 1980)
Agelaius tricolor,
Tricolored
Blackbird (Furman 1957; Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Icterus bullockii,
Bullock’s Oriole
(Furman 1957; Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Molothrus ater,
Brown-headed
cowbird (Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1972, 1975)
Sturnella magna,
Eastern
Meadowlark (Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Parulidae:
Mniotilta varia,
Black-and-white
Warbler (Knee et al. 2008)
Seiurus aurocapillus,
Ovenbird (Fain and Hyland
1962; Pence 1975)
Seiurus noveboracensis,
Northern
Waterthrush (Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Passeridae:
Passer domesticus,
House Sparrow
(Fain and Hyland 1962; Pence 1975)
Tyrannidae:
Myiarchus crinitus,
Great Crested
Flycatcher (Pence 1972, 1975)
Tyrannus melancholicus,
Tropical Kingbird
(Hyland and Moorhouse 1970)
Diagnostic characteristics:
- subapical ventral and ventrolateral setae of tarsi II - IV are minute
spines, barely visible
- two pairs of setae in the dorsal opisthosomal unsclerotized integument
- paranal setae posterior to anal opening, and postanal seta absent
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