Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Emberizidae (Passeriformes), with descriptions of 13 new species
Author
Price, Roger D.
Author
Dalgleish, Robert C.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1467
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.176595
1b16accb-7214-458f-b206-58379e6e7496
1175-5326
176595
Myrsidea brunneinuchi
Price and Dalgleish
,
new species
(
Figs. 26–30
)
Type
host.
Buarremon brunneinuchus
(Lafresnaye)
, Chestnut-capped Brush Finch.
Female (4).
Gula with 5–6 setae on each side. Metanotum and dorsal abdomen as in
Fig. 30
. Metanotum not enlarged, with 14–16 marginal setae; metasternal plate with 11–13 setae. Abdominal tergites I–II enlarged, remainder smaller. Tergal setae, without median gap in rows: I, 16–19; II, 17–20; III, 24–29; IV, 29–33; V, 34– 40; VI, 33–36; VII, 35–39; VIII, 25–27. Postspiracular setae long on V–VI (0.12–0.22), very long on VII (0.27–0.28). Sternal setae: II,
4–5 in
each aster, 19–22 marginal between asters, 27–31 anterior (
Fig. 28
); III– IV, 31–38; V, 37–43; VI, 35–48; VII, 32–38; VIII–IX, 36–48. Dimensions: TW, 0.47–0.49; HL, 0.29–0.33; PW, 0.30–0.31; MW, 0.46–0.49; AWIV, 0.61–0.63; ANW, 0.22–0.24; TL, 1.48–1.53.
FIGURES 16–25.
16–17.
Myrsidea sinaloae
.
16. Female metanotum and dorsal abdomen. 17. Male genital sac sclerite. 18–22.
M. taciturni
. 18. Male metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 19. Male sternite II. 20. Female sternite II. 21. Male genital sac sclerite. 22. Female metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 23–25.
M. aurantiirostris
.
23. Female metanotum and dorsal abdomen. 24. Male genital sac sclerite. 25. Male sternite II.
Male (5).
Gula with 5–6 setae on each side. Metanotum with 15–20 marginal setae; metasternal plate with 10–12 setae (
Fig. 27
). Tergal setae, without median gap in rows: I, 22–25; II, 26–27; III–VII, 28–34; VIII, 19– 24. Sternal setae: II,
4–5 in
each aster, 18–21 marginal between asters, 24–30 anterior (
Fig. 27
); III, 37–47; IV, 42–53; V, 44–59; VI, 49–51; VII, 42–46; VIII, 29–35 (
Fig. 26
). Genital sac sclerite as in
Fig. 29
, with slight apical indentation and no evident lateral subapical projections. Dimensions: TW, 0.44–0.45; HL, 0.29–0.32; PW, 0.27–0.29; MW, 0.37–0.39; AWIV, 0.46–0.51; GL, 0.41–0.42; TL, 1.28–1.34.
Type
material.
Holotype
female (
USNM
), ex
B. brunneinuchus
,
COSTA RICA
:
San José Prov., Los Chiquites, Tres Rios Reservoir,
3 May 1995
, Fisher & J.S. #2151.
Paratypes
(
USNM
), all from
type
host:
1 male
, same data as
holotype
;
3 females
, same except
17 May 1995
, Fisher & J.S. #2205;
5 males
,
VENEZU- ELA
: Trujillo, Bocono,
1 Mar 1986
, R.C. Dalgleish.
Remarks.
Both sexes of
M. brunneinuchi
have no median gap in the tergal setal rows and are separated from others of the group by a much more abundant abdominal chaetotaxy. This is best shown by such a large number of setae on female tergites VII–VIII and male sternites II–III and VIII.