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 klickai
Price, Johnson
, and Dalgleish, new species (
Figs. 1–4
)
Type
host
.
Thamnophilus punctatus
(Shaw, 1809)
, the Northern Slaty Antshrike.
Female
(5). Metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen as in
Fig. 2
. Metanotal posterior margin with 6 setae; metasternal plate with 6, much less often 7, setae. Tergal setae: I, 14–16; II, 15–16; III, 15–17; IV, 14–18; V, 16–19; VI, 16–18; VII, 14–17; VIII, 9–10. Sternal setae: II, 12–17 marginal between asters, 7–8 anterior; III, 18–21; IV, 27–34; V, 29–33; VI, 27–31; VII, 9–12; VIII–IX, 16–19. Anus with 38–42 ventral, 39–46 dorsal fringe setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.46–0.49; HL, 0.32–0.34; PW, 0.30–0.32; MW, 0.43–0.45; AWIV, 0.60–0.63; ANW, 0.23–0.25; TL, 1.50–1.57.
Male
(3). As in
Fig. 1
. Metanotum and metasternal plate as for female. Tergal setae: I, 7–8; II, 10–12; III– IV, 11–12; V–VI, 12–14; VII, 11–12; VIII, 8. Sternal setae: II, only
3 in
each aster, 11–14 marginal between asters, 5–9 anterior; III, 14–18; IV, 23–26; V, 23–27; VI, 22–25; VII, 10–12; VIII, 6–10. Dimensions: TW, 0.43–0.45; HL, 0.31–0.32; PW, 0.28–0.30; MW, 0.38; AWIV, 0.47–0.49; GL, 0.40–0.41; TL, 1.23–1.32.
FIGURES 1–6.
1–4.
Myrsidea klickai
. 1. Entire dorsoventral male. 2. Female metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 3. Male genital sac sclerite. 4. Male genitalia. 5–6.
M. milleri
.
5. Male genital sac sclerite. 6. Female dorsoventral terminalia.
Type
material.
Holotype
male (
INHS
), ex
T. punctatus
,
PANAMA
:
Serriana del Maje,
16 Feb. 2006
, JMD 649, K. Johnson.
Paratypes
: (
INHS
)
1 female
, same data as
holotype
;
2 females
,
1 male
,
PANAMA
: Lago Bayano,
12 Feb. 2006
,
GMS
1768, K. Johnson;
1 female
, same except
GMS
1770; (
USNM
)
1 female
,
1 male
,
PANAMA
: Lago Bayano,
12 Feb. 2006
,
GMS
1768.
Remarks.
This species is separated from the following two species of the group by the combination of dimensions and number of metanotal marginal setae of both sexes, length of male genitalia, and number of setae on male abdominal tergites and dorsal anal fringe of the female.
Etymology.
This species is named for John Klicka, 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 avian systematics.