Species of Reticulipeurus Kéler, 1958 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Oxylipeurus- complex) parasitic on species of Arborophila, with description of a new subgenus and three new species
Author
Gustafsson, Daniel R.
0000-0001-8868-8310
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilisation, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilisation, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong, China & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8868 - 8310
Author
Zou, Fasheng
0000-0002-8913-5651
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilisation, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilisation, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong, China & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8913 - 5651
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-12
5284
3
496
520
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5284.3.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5284.3.3
1175-5326
DED5B7B1-123A-483D-93B0-803D0D1D05EF
Reticulipeurus
(
Forcipurellus
)
species 2
Host.
Arborophila campbelli
(Robinson, 1904)
—Malaysian partridge.
Remarks.
We examined only a single male from this host species. Its genitalia are obscured by gut contents, and therefore we cannot identify this specimen with certainty. Head shape and other characters are similar to those of
R.
(
F.
)
diki
, with clearly convex temples and a slightly narrowed frons, but it has proportionately wider temples, shorter preantennal area, and a more rhombic stylus. Considering the small number of males of
R.
(
F.
)
diki
examined, we cannot ascertain if those differences fall within a range of intraspecific variation, placing the specimen from
A. campbelli
as conspecific with
R.
(
F.
)
diki
, or if it should be regarded as a separate taxon. More specimens are needed to identify with the species of
Reticulipeurus
parasitising
A. campbelli
.
Specimens examined.
1♁,
Malaya
[= Peninsular
Malaysia
],
Nov. 1911
, coll.
R
.
Meinertzhagen, 3667,
NHMUK010682700
.