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 milleri
Price, Johnson
, and Dalgleish, new species (
Figs. 5–6
)
Type
host
.
Gymnopithys rufigula
(Boddaert, 1783)
, the Rufous-throated Antbird.
Female
(8). Metanotum with 6 marginal setae; metasternal plate with 5–6 setae. Tergal setae: I, 8–12; II, 12–18; III–V, 16–19; VI, 15–18; VII, 10–14; VIII, 8. Sternal setae: II, 16–19 marginal between asters, 7–11 anterior; III, 18–22; IV, 30–36; V–VI, 34–41; VII, 25–29; VIII–IX, 20–28. Anus with 32-37 setae in each ventral and dorsal fringe. Dimensions: TW, 0.45–0.47; HL and PW, 0.30–0.33; MW, 0.42–0.45; AWIV, 0.61– 0.66; ANW, 0.23–0.27; TL, 1.54–1.62.
Male
(6). Metanotum with 6, much less often 5, marginal setae; metasternal plate with 4–6 setae. Tergal setae: I, 8–10; II, 13–15; III, 15–17; IV, 16–19; V–VI, 14–18; VII, 11–13; VIII, 8. Sternal setae: II, 14–15 marginal between asters, 8–10 anterior; III, 15–17; IV, 24–25; V, 28–33; VI, 26–30; VII, 17–22; VIII, 8–10. Dimensions: TW, 0.41–0.43; HL, 0.27–0.31; PW, 0.27–0.30; MW, 0.37–0.39; AWIV, 0.47–0.48; GL, 0.40– 0.44; TL, 1.25–1.31.
Type
material.
Holotype
male (
USNM
), ex
G. r u f i g u l a
,
VENEZUELA
:
Edo. Bolivar,
60 km
E Sta. Elena,
Jan. 1987
, R.C. Dalgleish.
Paratypes
: (
USNM
)
6 females
,
4 males
, same data as
holotype
; (
INHS
)
2 females
,
2 males
, same data as
holotype
.
Remarks.
The dimensions of
M. milleri
are similar to those of the next species, both being distinctly smaller than those of
M. mcleannani
. The specific points for separating these two smaller species will be discussed under the remarks for the following species.
Etymology.
This species is named for Matthew Miller, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, in recognition of his assistance in collecting the lice used in this study and for his work on birds in
Panama
.