Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species
Author
Price, Roger D.
Author
Weckstein, Jason D.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1367
37
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.174824
094fd388-43dc-452b-b2a4-a922f344bcb9
1175-5326
174824
Picicola osheai
Price and Weckstein
,
new species
(
Figs. 15–18
)
Type
host
.
Malacoptila fusca
(J.F. Gmelin)
, the White-chested Puffbird.
Description.
Head shaped as in
Fig.15
, with marginal carina narrowed anteriorly in region of preantennal suture, but having even inner border. Tergites II–VI each with 2 tergocentral setae; VII–VIII, usually 2–4. Male tergite IX (
Fig. 16
) with medium fine seta on each side mediad of very long marginal seta. With well developed pleural thickenings. Female subgenital plate as in
Fig. 17
; vulval margin evenly rounded, with row of 13–17 short setae, and lacking short seta displaced lateroposterior to it. Male subgenital plate much as in
Fig. 6
; genitalia as in
Fig. 18
. Female dimensions: TW, 0.41–0.46; HL, 0.48–0.53; CI, 1.13–1.19; PW, 0.24–0.28; MW, 0.34–0.38; AWV, 0.51–0.58; TL, 1.83–2.02. Male dimensions: TW, 0.38–0.41; HL, 0.42–0.48; CI, 1.11–1.21; PW, 0.22–0.24; MW, 0.30–0.34; AWV, 0.42–0.48; GL, 0.25–0.29; PL, 0.025–0.030; TL, 1.56–1.67.
Type
material.
Ex
M. fusca
,
holotype
female,
SURINAME
: District Sipaliwini, Lely Gebergte,
4° 16.459’ N
,
54° 44.323’ W
(
LSUMZ
,
BJO
1000,
8 June 2003
);
4 males
,
3 females
,
paratypes
, same data as
holotype
.
Other material.
Ex
M. semicincta
Todd
,
1 male
,
PERU
: Dpto. Cuzco, Tono,
870 m
(
FMNH
321029, DW-3418,
27 November 1985
);
1 male
,
1 female
, same locality as DW- 3418 (
FMNH
321025,
DHC
1190,
28 November 1985
);
1 male
,
3 females
,
PERU
: Dpto. Madre de Dios, Rio Palotoa, left bank,
12 km
from mouth,
490 m
(
FMNH
321022,
DHC
85-229,
21 August 1985
);
2 females
, same locality as
DHC
85-229 (
FMNH
,
DHC
no field number given,
21 August 1985
).
FIGURES 14–27.
14,
Picicola naokii
,
male genitalia. 15–18,
P. osheai
.
15, Female head outline.16, Male tergites VIII–IX. 17, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 18, Male genitalia. 19–21,
P. faucetti
. 19, Male tergites VIII–IX. 20, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 21, Male genitalia. 22–24,
P. oneilli
. 22, Male tergites VIII–IX. 23, Male subgenital plate. 24, Male genitalia. 25–27,
P. serrafreirei
. 25, Female head outline. 26, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 27, Dorsal female abdomen.
Remarks.
This new species is readily separated from all of the others from these hosts by the female having a distinctive vulval setal alignment (
Fig. 17
) and the male with its unique chaetotaxy of tergite IX (
Fig. 16
).
Etymology.
This species is named for Brian J. O’Shea in recognition of his valuable assistance in collecting critical specimens for this and other studies of lice.