The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from bulbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 16 new species
Author
Hellenthal, Ronald A.
Author
Price, Roger D.
text
Zootaxa
2003
354
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.156179
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Myrsidea borbonici
Hellenthal and Price
,
new species
(
Fig. 13
)
Type
host
.
Hypsipetes borbonicus
(J. R. Forster)
.
Male
(3). Close to
M. ochracei
, differing as follows. Sternal setae: III, 12–14. Genitalia as in
Fig. 4
, but with genital sac sclerite as in
Fig. 13
. Dimensions: TW, 0.44–0.46; HL, 0.31–0.32; LSVII, 0.10–0.13; TL, 1.33–1.37; GL, 0.39–0.42; GSW, 0.036.
Female
(5). Close to
M. ochracei
, differing as follows. Tergal setae: III, 19–23; IV, 20–26; V, 19–21; VI, 17–20; VII, 13–17; VIII, 15–18. Sternal setae: III, 22–27; VIII, 24– 32. Dimensions: TW, 0.49–0.53; HL, 0.33–0.35; PW, 0.31–0.33; MW, 0.46–0.50; AWIV, 0.64–0.70; TL, 1.65–1.77.
Type
material
. Ex
H. borbonicus
, the Olivaceous Bulbul,
holotype
male, Tokomoko,
REUNION
,
15 Mar. 1981
, N. Barré.
Paratypes
, all ex
H. borbonicus
in
REUNION
:
2 males
,
2 females
, same as
holotype
;
3 females
, same except
15 Aug. 1981
.
Remarks
. While both sexes of
M. borbonici
are morphologically close to those of
M. ochracei
, they may be separated by the unique male genital sac sclerite and the female with larger dimensions and more tergal and sternal setae.