'7^. d^73 Vol. 81, pp. 109-110 -\ "^'-^■'' April 30, 1968 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON A NEW SPECIES OF VARAFELICOLA ( M ALLOPH AGA : TRICHODECTID AE ) FROM MOZAMBIQUE By K. C. Emerson and Roger D. Price Arlington, Virginia and Department of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota In 1966, the authors described Parafelicola africanus and reviewed the characters of each species in the genus. Since that time a series representing a sixth, and new, species has been received. It is herewith described and illustrated. Parafelicola neoafricanus new species Holotype male: Total length, 1.22 mm. External morphology and chaetotaxy as shown in Fig. 3. Genitalia, less sac, when contained within the abdomen as shown in Fig. 2. Genital sac large and with numerous small serrations. Allotype female: Total length, 1.29 mm. External morphology and chaetotaxy as shown in Fig. 1. Internal chamber of vulva prominent and serrated. Discussion: P. neoafricanus is without noticeable respiratory spiracles, a feature shared only with P. acuticeps and P. africanus. The basal plate of the male genitalia is shorter and wider in P. neoafricanus than in P. africanus and P. acuticeps. The pseudopenis and the paramera of P. neoafricanus are much thicker than those found in P. africanus and P. acuticeps. The chaetotaxy of the terminal abdominal segment of the male is more dense in P. africanus than in P. neoafricanus. The female of P. neoafricanus has a tergal plate on all abdominal segments, the female of P. africanus has a tergal plate only on segments I-V, and P. acuticeps has a tergal plate on segments I-VII. In our description of P. africanus, it was incorrectly stated that the subgenital lobes were without serrations. The subgenital lobes of: P. acuticeps are pointed, without serrations; P. africanus are bluntly pointed, with inside and outside serrations; and P. neoafricanus are bluntly pointed, with inside serrations. P. neoafricanus is larger, in both sexes, than P. africanus. Tijpe host: Genetta tigrina (Schreber, 1778). 14— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 81, 1968 (109)
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