Calidolipeurus, new genus for Lipeurus megalops Piaget, 1880 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Oxylipeurus-complex), with a redescription of the type species and a preliminary key to the Oxylipeurus-complex
Author
Gustafsson, Daniel R.
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Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
kotatsu@fripost.org
Author
Lei, Lujia
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Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
leilujia456@163.com
Author
Zou, Fasheng
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Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
pzoufs@giabr.gd.cn
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-07-15
686
1
15
journal article
21436
10.5852/ejt.2020.686
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3954970
AC52C43B-DEB7-414B-B905-18D68F1D9DD9
Calidolipeurus megalops
(
Piaget, 1880
)
gen. et comb. nov.
Figs 1–18
Lipeurus megalops
Piaget, 1880: 675
.
Esthiopterum megalops
–
Harrison 1916: 138
.
Oxylipeurus megalops
–
Clay 1938: 166
.
Oxylipeurus
(
Megalipeurus
)
megalops
–
Kéler 1958: 327
[inferred].
Megalipeurus megalops
–
Mey 2009: 162
[inferred].
Type
host
Rollulus roulroul
(Scopoli, 1786)
– crested partridge (
Phasianidae
).
Type
locality
Madagascar
[= in error]. Known from Southeast Asia (
Thailand
, peninsular
Malaysia
, Borneo).
Material examined
Non-type material
BORNEO
•
4 ♂♂
,
9 ♀♀
;
R. Meinertzhagen
, 10905;
NHMUK-010682491
;
NHMUK
•
6 ♂♂
,
10 ♀♀
;
R. Meinertzhagen
, 10891;
NHMUK-010682483
;
NHMUK
•
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀♀
;
Jan. 1901
;
R. Meinertzhagen
, 3655;
NHMUK-010682490
;
NHMUK
.
MALAYSIA
•
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
;
Terengganu
[as Trengganu];
140 ft
a.s.l.
;
102°0′ E
,
5°28′ N
;
26 Feb. 1974
;
Gn. Lawit Expedition
,
Brit. Mus.
1974-2;
NHMUK-010682494
;
NHMUK
.
THAILAND
•
1 ♂♂
,
4 ♀♀
; 1939;
R. Meinertzhagen
, 17661;
NHMUK-010682866
;
NHMUK
.
Description
See genus description.
Male
Lobes of genital opening with 3–5 mesosetae and 1–3 short setae on each side. Stylus with 12–16 microsetae ventrally or laterally (some situated near base of stylus). Measurements (n = 14, except TL where n = 13): TL = 1.84–2.01 (1.93); HL = 0.44–0.50 (0.47); POW = 0.25–0.28 (0.27); HW = 0.26– 0.29 (0.28); PRW = 0.21–0.24 (0.22); PTW = 0.35–0.41 (0.38); AW = 0.34–0.41 (0.37).
Female
Proximal margin of subgenital plate typically with two setae on each side, but placement asymmetrical and 1–3 setae may be present on each side; lateral setae about twice as long as median setae. Vulval margin with 10–15 slender setae on each side (
Fig. 4
). Measurements (n = 25, except AW where n = 24): TL = 2.11–2.31 (2.21); HL = 0.49–0.53 (0.51); POW = 0.25–0.29 (0.27); HW = 0.28–0.32 (0.30); PRW = 0.22–0.24 (0.23); PTW = 0.37–0.43 (0.40); AW = 0.40–0.46 (0.43).
Remarks
Piaget (1880)
gives as
type
locality
Madagascar
, which is well outside the range of the host species (
Madge & McGowan 2002
).
Clay (1938)
examined Piaget’s
types
, which she found to be identical to material from Borneo. Piaget’s
type
locality designation is therefore here considered erroneous.
We have seen photos of the
lectotype
and
paralectotype
(at NHMUK), but not examined these specimens in person. The photo of the female
lectotype
does not differ from the non-type specimens we have examined.