Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species
Author
Kounek, Filip
Author
Sychra, Oldrich
Author
Capek, Miroslav
Author
Lipkova, Alexandra
Author
Literak, Ivan
text
Zootaxa
2011
3032
1
16
journal article
46326
10.5281/zenodo.278715
631bcf14-5ada-441e-8de1-816275ccc240
1175-5326
278715
Myrsidea larvatae
Sychra, 2007
Myrsidea larvatae
Sychra
[in
Sychra
et al.
, 2007
]: 62,
Figs. 5–6
.
Type
host:
Tangara larvata
(Du Bus)
—Golden-hooded Tanager.
Material studied.
4 females
and
3 males
, ex
Tangara larvata
(Thraupidae)
,
COSTA RICA
: Zona Protectora Las Tablas, La Amistad Lodge (
8°54’N
,
82°47’W
;
1300m
),
20 August 2010
, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in
INBio
(O.Sychra CR162–163) and MZM (O.Sychra CR164).
Remarks.
Our specimens differ from the description of
M
.
larvatae
presented by
Sychra
et al.
(2007)
by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by
Sychra
et al.
(2007)
are in parentheses]:
Female (n = 4)
. Length of head seta 10, 0.045; seta 11, 0.100; ratio10/11, 0.45. Tergal setae: I, 27 (30–36); II, 28–31 (34–36); III, 28–33 (35–38); IV, 28–29 (39–40); V, 30–33 (35–43); VI, 33–34 (34–39); VII, 30–33 (33–36); VIII, 21–24 (25–27). Sternal setae: V, 35–38 (37–43); VI, 31 (32–36); sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae. Dimensions, TW, 0.41 (0.42–0.43); MW, 0.42 (0.43–0.46); TL, 1.43 (1.45–1.49).
Male (n = 3)
. Tergal setae: III, 34 (35–40); IV, 34 (35–40); V, 35–36 (37–43); VI, 33–36 (37–43); VII, 30–32 (32–38); VIII, 24–25 (26–27). Sternal setae: III, 31 (24–28); IV, 35 (32–34); V, 33 (34–35); VIII, 12 (9–11); sternite III with one medioanterior seta, other sternites without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.38–0.39 (0.39– 0.40); HL, 0.26–0.27 (0.27–0.28); MW, 0.33 (0.35–0.36); AW, 0.40 (0.42–0.44).