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 seminuda
Eichler, 1951
Myrsidea seminuda
Eichler, 1951
: 53
,
Fig. 8
.
Type
host:
Thraupis palmarum melanoptera
(Sclater)
Myrsidea seminuda
;
Price and Dalgleish, 2006
: 11
, Figs. 13–14. Redescription. Hosts:
Thraupis palmarum
(Wied)
—Palm Tanager and
T. episcopus
(Linnaeus)
—Blue-gray Tanager.
Material studied.
6 females
and
6 males
, ex
Thraupis episcopus
(Thraupidae)
,
COSTA RICA
: Zona Protectora Las Tablas, La Amistad Lodge (
8°54’N
,
82°47’W
;
1300m
),
19 August 2010
, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in
INBio
(O.Sychra CR165–168) and MZM (O.Sychra CR169–170).
Remarks.
Our specimens differ a little from the redescription of
M
.
seminuda
presented by
Price and Dalgleish (2006)
by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by
Price and Dalgleish (2006)
are in parentheses]:
Female (n = 6).
Length of head seta 10, 0.035–0.050; seta 11, 0.085–0.115; ratio10/11, 0.30–0.59. Metanotum 11 (12–14) marginal setae. Tergal setae: V, 43 (33–39). Sternal setae: II, 32 (38–44); sternite III with 3–10 medioanterior setae, other sternites without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: HL, 0.30 (0.31–0.32).
Male (n = 6)
. Tergal setae: VII, 25 (31–33); VIII, 20 (21–22). Sternal setae: II, 25 (32–37); IV, 30 (32–41); V, 31 (32–38); sternite III with 5–11 medioanterior setae, other sternites without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: AW, 0.48 (0.44–0.46); TL, 1.29 (1.24–1.28).