Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key
Author
Bush, Sarah E.
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Zootaxa
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Priceiella
(
Camurnirmus
)
hwameicola
Gustafsson & Bush
,
new species
(
Figs 285–291
,
316
)
Type
host.
Garrulax taewanus
Swinhoe, 1859
—
Taiwan
hwamei.
Type
locality.
Tientzu
,
Taiwan
.
Diagnosis.
Priceiella
(
Camurnirmus
)
hwameicola
n. sp.
is most similar to
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
nipalensis
(
Ansari, 1956a
)
and
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
paulbrowni
n. sp.
, with differences being mainly in the male genitalia. In all three species, the distal mesosome is rounded triangular (
Figs 289
,
297
), the proximal mesosome is at least as long as wide [longer than wide
in
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
nipalensis
], and the parameres are at most twice as long as the mesosome (
Figs 288
,
296
). However, the mesosome is broader and with more complicated border thickening in
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
hwameicola
(
Fig. 289
) than
in
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
nipalensis
, with the mesosome of
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
hwameicola
being almost twice at broad as the proximal mesosome at the height of the gonopore, whereas
in
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
nipalensis
the mesosome is less than twice as broad as the proximal mesosome at the same place. The parameres of
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
nipalensis
are convergent distally, and not widely divergent as in
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
hwameicola
. The gonopore of
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
nipalensis
lack the hornshaped lateral extensions present in
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
hwameicola
. Females separated by vulval chaetotaxy, with
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
nipalensis
having 5
vms
[
3 in
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
hwameicola
], but
vos
and
vss
overlap.
For differences between
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
hwameicola
and
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
paulbrowni
, see
Pr
. (
Cm.
)
paulbrowni
, below.
FIGURES 285–286.
Priceiella
(
Camurnirmus
)
hwameicola
n. gen., n. subgen.
& n. sp.
ex
Garrulax taewanus
:
285,
male habitus, dorsal and ventral views.
286,
female habitus, dorsal and ventral views.
FIGURES 287–291.
Priceiella
(
Camurnirmus
)
hwameicola
n. gen., n. subgen.
& n. sp.
ex
Garrulax taewanus
:
287,
male head, dorsal and ventral views.
288,
male genitalia, dorsal view.
289,
male mesosome, ventral view.
290,
male paramere, dorsal view.
291,
female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view.
Description.
Both sexes
. Head shape, structure, and chaetotaxy as in genus description and
Fig. 287
. Minute dorsal preantennal suture present mainly in females surrounding
dsms
. Antennae monomorphic. Only lateral parts of marginal carina, preantennal nodi, and preocular nodi darkly pigmented. Thoracic and abdominal segments as in genus and subgenus descriptions and
Figs 285–286
. Lateral tergopleurites and pleural incrassations
Fig. 316
.
Male
. Abdominal chaetotaxy as in
Table 8
and
Fig. 285
. Subgenital plate as in
Fig. 285
. Antero-lateral end of basal apodeme modestly expanded (
Fig. 288
). Proximal mesosome broad, rectangular. Gonopore (
Fig. 289
) ventral, open distally. Mesosomal lobes wide, fused distally; 1
pmes
sensilla on each side antero-lateral to gonopore; 2
ames
microsetae on each side lateral to
pmes
, located on lateral ridges of mesosomal lobes. Parameral heads (
Fig. 290
) roughly rectangular. Parameral blades tapering, somewhat elongated, widely divergent distally;
pst1–2
sensilla. Measurements ex
Garrulax taewanus
(n = 4): TL = 1.44–1.50; HL = 0.36–0.39; HW = 0.36–0.39; PRW = 0.21–0.23; PTW = 0.35–0.37; AW = 0.51–0.55.
Female
. Abdominal chaetotaxy as in
Table 8
and
Fig. 286
. Subgenital plate roughly triangular (
Fig. 291
), reaching vulval margin and there flaring into cross-piece. Vulval margin (
Fig. 291
) gently rounded, with 3 slender
vms
on each side, and 7–8 thorn-like
vss
on each side; 4–6 slender
vos
on each side; distal 2
vos
near, but not median to,
vss
. Measurements ex
Garrulax taewanus
(n = 7): TL = 1.66–1.83; HL = 0.38–0.41; HW = 0.39–0.43; PRW = 0.22–0.25; PTW = 0.36–0.40; AW = 0.54–0.60.
Etymology.
The species epithet is derived from the Chinese “huàméi” for “thrush”, on which the vernacular name “
Taiwan
hwamei” is based, combined with Latin “
-cola
” for “inhabitant”.
Type material.
Ex
Garrulax taewanus
[
some as
Garrulax canorus
]: Holotype
♂, Tientzu, Taiwan,
11 Mar. 1962
, BBM-PF-454, 24753 on reverse (OSUS).
Paratypes:
1♀, same data as holotype (OSUS); 3♂, 3♀, 24752 and 24754–5 on reverse (OSUS); 3♀, Puli [Township], Nantou [County], Taiwan,
Jan. 1964
, T.C. Maa, TMT70, TMT574, TMT554 (PIPeR).