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
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Zootaxa
2011
3032
1
16
journal article
46326
10.5281/zenodo.278715
631bcf14-5ada-441e-8de1-816275ccc240
1175-5326
278715
Myrsidea brunneinuchi
Price and Dalgleish, 2007
Myrsidea brunneinuchi
Price and Dalgleish, 2007
: 8
, Figs. 26–30.
Type
host:
Arremon brunneinucha
(Lafresnaye)
—Chestnutcapped Brush-Finch
Material studied.
5 females
and
5 males
, ex
Arremon brunneinucha
(Emberizidae)
,
COSTA RICA
: Tapanti National Park, Sector Tapanti (
09°46’N
,
83°47’W
;
1200m
),
3 August 2009
, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in
INBio
(O.Sychra CR109–111) and MZM (O.Sychra CR112–113).
Remarks.
Our specimens differ from the description of
M
.
brunneinuchi
presented by
Price and Dalgleish (2007)
by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by
Price and Dalgleish (2007)
are in parentheses]:
Female (n = 5)
. Length of head seta 10, 0.030–0.035; seta 11, 0.110–0.125; ratio10/11, 0.24-0.32.
Metasternal plate with 9–10 (11–13) setae; metanotal marginal setae, 13–19 (14–16). Tergal setae: I, 21–25 (16–19); II, 21–25 (17–20); III, 31–37 (24–29); IV, 36–37 (29–33); V, 41–42 (34–40); VI, 37–43 (33–36); VII, 43 (35–39); VIII, 29 (25–27). Sternal setae: II, 23 (19–22) marginal between asters, 25–26 (27–31) anterior; IV, 40–41 (31–38); V, 46 (37–43); VII, 40 (32–38); VIII–IX, 50 (36–48); without medioanterior setae.
Male (n = 5)
. Metasternal plate with 8 (10–12) setae; metanotal marginal setae, 13 (15–20). Tergal setae: I, 22– 26 (22–25); II, 28–29 (26–27); V, 35–36 (28–34); VI, 38 (28–34); VIII, 17–26 (19–24). Sternal setae: II, 16–19 (18–21) marginal between asters, 23–25 (24–30) anterior; III, 33–45 (37–47); IV, 39–45 (42–53); V, 38–51 (44– 59); VI, 42–44 (49–51); VII, 36–42 (42–46); VIII, 27–29 (29–35); including medioanterior setae: III, 4–9; IV, 2–8; V, 2–12; VI, 5–8; VII, 10. Dimensions: TW, 0.43–0.44 (0.44–0.45); HL, 0.28–0.31 (0.29–0.32); PW, 0.27–0.30 (0.27–0.29); MW, 0.37–0.40 (0.37–0.39); TL, 1.24–1.25 (1.28–1.34).