Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from buntings, cardinals and tanagers (Passeriformes: Emberizidae, Cardinalidae, Thraupidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of two new species of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae)
Author
Č, Ř Á
text
Zootaxa
2007
1631
57
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179415
4bbc16dd-23b5-4726-a4dc-0f6b2688c0d4
1175-5326
179415
Host:
Habia fuscicauda
(Cabanis)
– Red-throated Ant-Tanager
One chewing louse species was found on this host:
Myrsidea fuscicaudae
Price & Dalgleish, 2006
Myrsidea fuscicaudae
Price & Dalgleish, 2006
: 14
, fig.18.
Type
host.
Habia fuscicauda
(Cabanis)
Material studied.
31 males
,
30 females
and 96 nymphs ex
Habia fuscicauda
,
COSTA RICA
: Hitoy Cerere BR, Provincia Limỏn (
9°40’N
,
85°05’W
),
18–25 August 2004
, Literák, Č apek & Havlίček coll. Deposited in
INBio
– O. Sychra CR66–67.
Remarks.
Ten birds were examined and all were parasitised by
Myrsidea fuscicaudae
. This louse species had the highest intensity of parasitism among all the species dealt with in this paper. Mean intensity was 16, while range of intensity was 2–31 lice per bird (n=10).