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
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Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
46326
10.5281/zenodo.278715
631bcf14-5ada-441e-8de1-816275ccc240
1175-5326
278715
Myrsidea marini
Price and Dalgleish, 2007
Myrsidea marini
Price and Dalgleish, 2007
: 12
, Figs. 37–38.
Type
host:
Pezopetes capitalis
Cabanis—Large-footed Finch
Material studied.
2 females
and
2 males
, ex
Pezopetes capitalis
(Emberizidae)
,
COSTA RICA
: Braulio Carillo National Park, Sector Barva (10˚07’N, 84˚07’W;
2600m
),
6 August 2010
;
2 females
and
2 males
, Tapanti National Park, Sector Cerro de la Muerte (
9°33’N
,
83°43’W
;
3100m
),
15 August 2010
, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in
INBio
(O.Sychra CR123–125) and MZM (O.Sychra CR126).
Remarks.
Our specimens differ from the description of
M
.
marini
presented by
Price and Dalgleish (2007)
by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by
Price and Dalgleish (2007)
are in parentheses]:
Female (n = 4)
. Length of head seta 10, 0.040–0.050; seta 11, 0.110–0.120; ratio10/11, 0.33–0.45. Gula 4–6 (5) setae on each side. Metasternal plate with 8 (9) setae. Tergal setae: I, 31–37 (27); II, 28–30 (27); III, 26–29 (24– 25); IV, 27 (24–25); V, 27 (24–25); VI, 23–24 (22), VII, 22–23 (19–20), VIII, 12–16 (19–20). Sternal setae: II, 19– 23 (20) marginal between asters, 11–17 (10) anterior; III, 26 (28); VI, 25–29 (33–35); VII, 17–18 (22); VIII–IX, 29–32 (31); with 7 medioanterior setae on sternite III. Dimensions: TW, 0.48 (0.45); PW, 0.32 (0.31); MW, 0.50 (0.49); AW, 0.66 (0.60); TL, 1.50–1.63 (1.56).
Male (n = 4)
. Tergal setae: I, 22–24 (23); II, 20–22 (25); III, 25 (22–24); VI, 21–25 (22–24), VII, 22–23 (25), VIII, 19–23 (22). Sternal setae: II, 18–19 (16) marginal between asters, 14–16 (17) anterior; III, 30–32 (31); IV, 42 (36–39); V, 40 (36–39); VI, 41 (36–39);VII, 30–31 (34); VIII, 29 (25); including medioanterior setae: III, 8–9; IV, 8; V, 5; VI, 9; VII, 5–8. Dimensions: TL, 1.33–1.35 (1.39).