The Animal Parasites of Man

by Harold Benjamin Fantham; Max Braun; J. W. W. Stephens; Fred. V. Theobald

A single species, K. boliviensis, Theob. from Bolivia.

Genus. Manguinhosia, Cruz.

The thorax has narrow hair-like curved scales and some broad straight scales; others spatulate on the sides. Abdomen with fine hairs, except the last three segments which are scaly. Tufts of scales on the hind femora. Wing scales lanceolate.

The type is M. lutzi, Cruz, from Brazil.

Genus. Chagasia, Cruz.

“Brazil-Medico,” 1906, xx, pp. 20, 199.

This genus can at once be told by the antennal segments having many dense scaly tufts. Type, C. fajardoi, Lutz, from Brazil.

Genus. Calvertina, Ludlow.

Canadian Entomologist, 1909, xli, pp. 22, 234.