Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from antshrikes and antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
Author
Price, Roger D.
Author
Johnson, Kevin P.
Author
Dalgleish, Robert C.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1819
55
62
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182969
a9ab8c8e-37c4-4887-a504-8e452803a87c
1175-5326
182969
Myrsidea dacostai
Price, Johnson
, and Dalgleish, new species
Type
host
.
Thamnophilus doliatus
(Linnaeus, 1764)
, the Barred Antshrike.
Female
(3). Metanotum with 7–8 marginal setae; metasternal plate with 5–7 setae. Tergal setae: I, 16–18; II, 15–19; III, 15–18; IV, 18–19; V, 19–21; VI, 19–20; VII, 16–18; VIII, 9–12. Sternal setae: II, 14–16 marginal between asters, 8–9 anterior; III, 21–23; IV, 29–34; V, 33–37; VI, 30–33; VII, 8–11; VIII–IX, 18–21. Anus with 45–47 ventral, 44–50 dorsal fringe setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.49–0.50; HL, 0.33–0.34; PW, 0.31– 0.33; MW, 0.48–0.51; AWIV, 0.67–0.72; ANW, 0.25–0.28; TL, 1.58–1.66.
Male
(2). Metanotum with 7–8 marginal setae; metasternal plate with 4–5 setae. Tergal setae: I, 9; II–III, 14–15; IV, 15–16; V, 17–18; VI, 15–16; VII, 11–13; VIII, 8–9. Sternal setae: II, 11–12 marginal between asters, 8–9 anterior; III, 19–20; IV, 24–26; V–VI, 27–28; VII, 14; VIII, 9–12. Dimensions: TW, 0.45–0.46; HL, 0.31–0.32; PW, 0.28–0.29; MW, 0.41–0.42; AWIV, 0.53; GL, 0.44–0.46; TL, 1.36–1.37.
Type
material.
Holotype
male (
USNM
), ex
T. doliatus
,
NE
PERU
:
50 km
SE Iquitos, Explor Ama Camp, Rio Yanamoto,
20 June 1989
, R.C.D.
et al
.
Paratypes
: (
USNM
)
2 females
, same data as
holotype
; (
INHS
)
1 female
,
1 male
, same data as
holotype
.
Remarks
. Both sexes of
M. dacostai
are larger in most dimensions than for
M. klickai
and they also have more marginal metanotal and abdominal tergal setae.
Etymology.
This species is named for Jeff DaCosta, Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in recognition of his assistance in collecting the lice used in this study and for his work on bird systematics.