Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key Author Bush, Sarah E. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-08-31 4313 1 1 443 journal article 32249 10.11646/zootaxa.4313.1.1 d8cc2cd8-8410-49aa-a75d-7a41d9f52b26 1175-5326 883161 A5Fdfba5-F992-44A8-84C2-1756C943C19B Meropoecus bartlowi Gustafsson & Bush , new species ( Figs 392–396 ) Type host. Merops ornatus Latham, 1802 —rainbow bee-eater. Type locality. Ambunti, elev. 200 ft , West Sepik District, Papua New Guinea . FIGURES 497–498. Meropoecus bartlowi n. sp. ex Merops ornatus : 497, male habitus, dorsal and ventral views. 498, female habitus, dorsal and ventral views. Diagnosis. Male Meropoecus bartlowi n. sp. keys to couplet 3 in the key of Emerson & Elbel (1956) , but with 8 medium-sized setae on each side of tergopleurite IX, Mo . bartlowi ( Fig. 499 ) is intermediate between Mo . caprai with 7–8 setae and Mo . debeauxi with 9–10 setae. Anterior mesosome is transversally oval in both Mo . bartlowi ( Fig. 500 ) and Mo . debeauxi ( Emerson & Elbel 1956: fig. 6 ), separating these from Mo . caprai , which has a heartshaped mesosome ( Emerson & Elbel 1956: fig. 4 ). The distal extension of the mesosome is longer in Mo . bartlowi ( Fig. 500 ) than in Mo . debeauxi , and the distal margin of the extension is deeply concave in Mo . bartlowi ( Fig. 500 ) but shallowly concave in Mo . debeauxi . FIGURES 499–501. Meropoecus bartlowi n. sp. ex Merops ornatus : 499, male head, dorsal and ventral views. 500, male genitalia, ventral view. 501, female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view. Female Meropoecus bartlowi keys to couplet 3 in the key of Emerson & Elbel (1956) , and the number of setae lateral to the vulval margin in Mo . bartlowi (n = 4–5, Fig. 498 ) makes it intermediate between Mo . meropis and Mo . debeauxi . Description. Both sexes . Head shape, structure, and chaetotaxy as in genus description and Fig. 499 ; pos clearly ventral, sublateral, just posterior to eye; mts 2 about twice as long as mts 1 . Preantennal nodi short, elongated, pointed. Postantennal suture wide but anterior margin generally diffuse. Thoracic and abdominal segments as in genus description and Figs 497–498 . Male . Abdominal chaetotaxy as in Table 2 and Fig. 497 . Male genitalia distinct ( Fig. 500 ). Basal apodeme trapezoidal. Mesosome irregularly oval, wider than long; broad median extension posteriorly, with distal margin of extension deeply concave. Anterior section of mesosome with a densely papillate transversal ridge, connected medianly to a papillate area with a gently rounded posterior margin; 2 ames microsetae on each side lateral to papillate ridge; 3 pmes sensilla on each side as in Fig. 500 . Parameres stout, angled. Distal translucent section of parameres very large; 3 pst sensilla near distal end of parameres. Measurements ex Merops ornatus (n = 6): TL = 1.59–1.88; HL = 0.52–0.59; HW = 0.68–0.75; PRW = 0.33–0.40; PTW = 0.51–0.62; AW = 0.71–0.82. Female . Abdominal chaetotaxy as in Table 2 and Fig. 498 . Median extension of subgenital plate short, blunt ( Fig. 501 ). Vulval margin slightly convergent medianly, with median section distinctly bulging ( Fig. 501 ). Bulge with 3–4 short, stout vms and 4–5 short, thorn-like vss on each side. Lateral to bulge 9–10 long, slender vms on each side and 5–6 short, thorn-like vss on each side; 6–7 short, slender vos forming broadly convergent rows, with distal vos approaching vss . Measurements ex Merops ornatus (n = 3): TL = 1.75–2.27; HL = 0.58–0.62; HW = 0.76–0.84; PRW = 0.37–0.40; PTW = 0.57–0.63; AW = 0.79–1.00. Etymology. The species epithet is in honour of Andrew Bartlow, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah , in recognition of his work on the distribution and dispersal of bird and mammal parasites. Type material. Ex Merops ornatus : Holotype ♂ , Ambunti , elev . 200 ft , West Sepik District, Papua New Guinea , 8 May 1963 , P. Temple , BBM-NG-22568 ( BPBM ) [marked with black dot on slide]. Paratypes : 3♂ , same data as holotype ( BPBM ) ; 1♀ , 10 miles W of Garaina , elev. 2350 ft , Morobe District, Papua New Guinea , 11 Aug. 1970 , A.B. Mirza , BBM-NG-98917 ( BPBM ) ; 3♂ , 1♀ , Jumbora Plantation , elev. 200 ft , Popondetta , Northern Province , Papua New Guinea , 17–18 Sep. 1963 , H. Clissold , BBM-NG-28767 ( BPBM ) .