ON SOME MALLOPHAGA FROM THE CHINESE DOMESTIC FOWLS

Abstract

Family I. Philopteridae BuRMEISTER. Genus Degeeriella NEUMANN. (1) Degeeriella sinensis sp. nov. Numerous specimens of both sexes were collected from domestic fowls which were imported from Wenchow (Southern China) to this island, Dec. 20, 1929. The present species closely allied to Degeeriella ovata (UCHiDA) SUGIMOTO taken from Mikado-Kiji (Calophasis mikado), but differs from the latter by having larger size and broader abdomen.