Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from antshrikes and antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
Author
Price, Roger D.
Author
Johnson, Kevin P.
Author
Dalgleish, Robert C.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1819
55
62
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182969
a9ab8c8e-37c4-4887-a504-8e452803a87c
1175-5326
182969
Myrsidea mcleannani
Sychra
Myrsidea mcleannani
Sychra
in
Sychra
et al.
2006
: 52
.
Type
host:
Phaenostictus mcleannani
(Lawrence, 1860)
.
This species was the first
Myrsidea
described from a member of the
Thamnophilidae
. It was described and illustrated in
Sychra
et al.
(2006)
, and we need not repeat the details. Use of descriptive features will be limited to the minimum value for each range as given by
Sychra
et al.
(2006)
for certain dimensions and tergal setal counts for
M. mcleannani
as they are sufficient for comparison with our new species.
Female.
Tergal setae (minimum value): I, 10; II, 17; III–IV, 20; V–VI, 19; VII, 14. Dimensions (minimum value): TW, 0.51; HL, 0.33; PW, 0.33; MW, 0.50; AWIV, 0.69; ANW, 0.31; TL, 1.70.
Male.
Tergal setae (minimum value): I, 10; II, 16; III–IV, 20; V–VI, 18; VII, 16. Dimensions (minimum value): TW, 0.46; HL, 0.31; PW, 0.30; MW, 0.41; AWIV, 0.53; GL, 0.47; TL, 1.44.
Remarks.
Both sexes of this species are readily separated from the other two species of this group by the consistently larger dimensions and more setae on the majority of the abdominal tergites.