Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species
Author
Kounek, Filip
Author
Sychra, Oldrich
Author
Capek, Miroslav
Author
Lipkova, Alexandra
Author
Literak, Ivan
text
Zootaxa
2011
3032
1
16
journal article
46326
10.5281/zenodo.278715
631bcf14-5ada-441e-8de1-816275ccc240
1175-5326
278715
Myrsidea patersoni
Price and Johnson, 2009
Myrsidea patersoni
Price and Johnson, 2009
: 64
,
Figs. 3–4
.
Type
host:
Eucometis penicillata
(Spix)
—Gray-headed Tanager
Material studied.
1 male
, ex
Eucometis penicillata
(Thraupidae)
,
COSTA RICA
: Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Sector Santa Maria, Sendero del Padre (
10°46’N
,
85°18’N
;
800m
),
22 August 2009
, Sychra and Literak leg.;
1 female
and
1 male
, ex
Eucometis penicillata
,
COSTA RICA
: Zona Protectora Las Tablas, La Amistad Lodge (
8°54’N
,
82°47’W
;
1300m
),
20 August 2010
, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in
INBio
(O.Sychra CR136–137).
Remarks.
This is the first record of this species of
Myrsidea
from
Costa Rica
. Our specimens differ from the description of
M
.
patersoni
presented by
Price and Johnson (2009)
by sternal setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by
Price and Johnson (2009)
are in parentheses]:
Female (n = 1)
. Sternal setae: IV, 29 (33–36); V, 34 (35–42); VI, 30 (32–34); VII, 15 (16–20); VIII–IX, 17 (19–24); sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: HL, 0.31 (0.32–0.33); PW, 0.28 (0.29–0.31); AW, 0.62 (0.65–0.69); TL, 1.52 (1.62–1.65); ANW, 0.20 (0.23–0.24).
Male (n = 2)
. Length of head seta 10, 0.035; seta 11, 0.100; ratio10/11, 0.35. Sternal setae: II, 19 (14–16) marginal between asters, 7 (8–10) anterior; IV, 34 (26–29); V, 29 (31–33); VI, 26 (27–31); sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.43–0.44 (0.44–0.45); HL, 0.27–0.29 (0.30–0.31); PW, 0.27 (0.28–0.30); AW, 0.48–0.49 (0.50–0.52).