Three new species of chewing lice of the genus Emersoniella Tendeiro, 1965 (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Papua New Guinean kingfishers and kookaburras (Aves: Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae)
Author
Gustafsson, Daniel R.
Author
Bush, Sarah E.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3796
3
528
544
journal article
45742
10.11646/zootaxa.3796.3.7
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Emersoniella halcyonis
Tendeiro, 1965
(
Figs 5
a–d)
Type
host.
Actenoides hombroni
Bonaparte, 1850
(
Coraciiformes
:
Alcedinidae
) – blue-capped kingfisher
Other host:
Actenoides concretus
(Temminck, 1925)
(
Coraciiformes
:
Alcedinidae
) – rufous-collared kingfisher
Measurements.
Male (n = 15, except AW where n = 9): TL: 1.58–1.95 (1.72); HL: 0.50–0.56 (0.54); HW: 0.53–0.59 (0.55); PRW: 0.27–0.33 (0.30); PTW: 0.41–0.47 (0.44); AW: 0.52–0.63 (0.56). Female (n = 14): TL: 1.87–2.27 (2.03); HL: 0.56–0.61 (0.58); HW: 0.59–0.66 (0.62); PRW: 0.29–0.36 (0.32); PTW: 0.45–0.54 (0.49); AW: 0.59–0.74 (0.65).
Remarks.
As the only illustrations given by
Tendeiro (1965)
were photos, we here illustrate this species to aid comparisons with other species treated in this paper (
Figs 5
a–d). While we have not seen Tendeiro's
types
, the material examined by us fits well with his description and measurements, except that our material has dorsal preantennal sutures (
Fig. 5
a), which
Tendeiro (1965: 75)
claim were absent in his material. The resolutions of the photographs in the original description is not sufficient for us to confirm or refute this claim.
Note that the checklist by
Price
et al.
(2003
: 177) also lists
Actenoides concretus
(Temminck, 1825)
as a host of
Emersoniella halcyonis
. This host association is original to the checklist (
Price
et al
. 2003
) and is based on the examination of specimens by R.L. Palma and R.D. Price (pers. comm. 2013).
Material examined.
PHILIPPINES
: Mindanao:
6 males
and
11 females
, Davao Province, Limot Mati, Mount Mayo,
31. V. 1965
, D.S. Rabor, host B7799.
4
males,
10 females
, 12 nymphs, 1 unknown sex, [Davao Province,] Malit, no date or collector, host SU-BBM-1097 (one slide also contains an unidentified menoponid).
7 males
and
4 females
, [Surigao del Sur,] Balisong, no date or collector, host SU-BBM-1127.
3
males,
13 females
, 4 nymphs, Tucany E-el, no date or collector, host SU-BBM-1511. 1 nymph, [Zamboanga del Norte Province:] Dapitan Peak, no date or collector, host BBM-534 (all at PIPeR).