The genus Austrophilopterus Ewing (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from toucans, toucanets, and araçaris (Piciformes: Ramphastidae)
Author
Price, Roger D.
Author
Weckstein, Jason D.
text
Zootaxa
2005
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journal article
51052
10.5281/zenodo.171073
d52b8b6e-f795-4627-8811-b7e91cb8b731
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171073
Genus
Austrophilopterus
Ewing
Austrophilopterus
Ewing 1929
: 190
.
Type
species:
Docophorus cancellosus
Carriker
by original designation.
Head (
Figs. 2, 8
,
10, 16
) with usually shallow concave anterior hyaline margin; 4 stout spiniform setae associated with posterior margin of dorsoanterior plate; temple margin with 2 medium to long setae on each side; 2 ocular setae. Pronotum with single lateroposterior marginal seta; metanotum usually with 7 marginal setae on each side, less often 6 or 8, with distribution and lengths as in
Fig. 1
. Abdominal tergites III–VII with very long postspiracular setae; segments II–III lacking lateral marginal seta, IV with short lateral seta, V–VIII with long to very long lateral seta; without anterior setae on tergites III–IX or sternites II–VI. Male with at least tergites II–VI and female with II–VII medially divided; prominent male subgenital plate of fused sternites VII–IX; female subgenital plate and marginal setae as in
Figs. 5
or 13, transverse posterior margin bearing 22–45 setae, and 13–30 small setae scattered medioanteriorly from this margin.