Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species
Author
Price, Roger D.
Author
Weckstein, Jason D.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1367
37
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.174824
094fd388-43dc-452b-b2a4-a922f344bcb9
1175-5326
174824
Picicola striata
Oniki and Emerson
(
Figs. 1–6
)
Picicola striata
Oniki and Emerson 1981
:511
.
Type
host:
Malacoptila striata
(Spix)
, the Crescentchested Puffbird.
Redescription.
Male as in
Fig. 1
; female posterior abdomen as in
Fig. 2
. Head shaped as in
Fig. 4
, with marginal carina thin, having irregular inner border, and becoming thinnest at point of juncture with preantennal suture. Tergites II–VI each with 2 tergocentral setae; VII–VIII, usually 4–5, less often 3 or 6. Male tergite IX as in
Fig. 3
, with margin having only single very long inner seta on each side. Abdominal segments with prominent pleural thickening and reentrant head. Female subgenital plate as in
Fig. 5
; vulval margin with row of 15–16 short setae, with slight medial concavity, and with short seta displaced on each side lateroposterior to this row. Male subgenital plate as in
Fig. 6
; genitalia similar to
Fig. 8
; with 3 sensilla on each endomeral arm. Female dimensions: TW, 0.38–0.42; HL, 0.46–0.51; CI, 1.21–1.24; PW, 0.23–0.25; MW, 0.33–0.36; AWV, 0.50–0.58; TL, 1.77–2.01. Male dimensions: TW, 0.35–0.38; HL, 0.42–0.46; CI, 1.20–1.24; PW, 0.21–0.23; MW, 0.30–0.32; AWV, 0.43–0.51; GL, 0.28–0.31; PL, 0.035–0.040; TL, 1.47–1.67.
Material.
Ex
Malacoptila striata
,
4 males
,
6 females
(all
paratypes
of
P. striata
),
BRAZIL
: São Paulo, Sete Barras. Ex
M. fulvogularis
P.L. Sclater
,
5 females
,
PERU
: Dpto. Madre de Dios, Cerro de Pantiacolla, above Rio Palotoa,
1075 m
(
FMNH
321032, DW- 3178,
28 August 1985
). Ex
Hapaloptila castanea
(J. Verreaux)
,
2 males
,
2 females
,
PERU
: Dpto. San Martin, ca.
22 km
ENE Florida,
5° 43’ 23” S
, 77° 45” 1’ W (
LSUMZ
,
AWK-
2416,
24 July 2002
),
1 female
(
DNA
voucher 1.13.2003.16), same except (
LSUMZ
,
DFL-
1815,
19 July 2002
). Ex
Monasa nigrifrons
(Spix)
,
2 males
,
1 female
(
DNA
Vouchers 1.12.2003.8 and PIPeR 1.17.2000.3),
BOLIVIA
: Dpto. Santa Cruz,
Mina Don Mario
,
126 km
ENE San Jose de Chiquitos,
17° 20’ S
,
59° 41’ W
(
LSUMZ
,
CCW-
822,
8 July 1999
).
FIGURES 1–13.
1–6,
Picicola striata
.
1, Entire dorsoventral male. 2, Dorsoventral female terminal segments. 3, Male tergites VIII–IX. 4, Female head outline. 5, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 6, Male subgenital plate. 7–8,
P. galbulica
.
7, Female head outline. 8, Male genitalia. 9–11,
P. v a l q u i i
. 9, Female head outline. 10, Male subgenital plate. 11, Male genitalia. 12–13,
P. naokii
. 12, Female head outline. 13, Male subgenital plate.
Remarks.
This is the first species of
Picicola
described from the puffbird family
Bucconidae
. The principal features for its recognition involve the head shape, a cephalic index of at least 1.20, and an irregular marginal carina, narrowest at the level of the preantennal suture (
Fig. 4
).