Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species
Author
Kounek, Filip
Author
Sychra, Oldrich
Author
Capek, Miroslav
Author
Lipkova, Alexandra
Author
Literak, Ivan
text
Zootaxa
2011
3032
1
16
journal article
46326
10.5281/zenodo.278715
631bcf14-5ada-441e-8de1-816275ccc240
1175-5326
278715
Myrsidea rozsai
Price and Johnson, 2009
Myrsidea rozsai
Price and Johnson, 2009
: 62
,
Figs. 5–7
.
Type
host:
Euphonia laniirostris
d’Orbigny et Lafresnaye—Thick-billed
Euphonia
Material studied.
5 female
and
5 male
, ex
Euphonia laniirostris
(Fringillidae)
,
COSTA RICA
: Zona Protectora Las Tablas, La Amistad lodge (
8°54’N
,
82°47’W
;
1300m
),
18 August 2010
, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in
INBio
(O.Sychra CR131–133) and MZM (O.Sychra CR134–135).
Remarks.
This is the first record of this species of
Myrsidea
from
Costa Rica
. Our specimens differ from the description of
M
.
rozsai
presented by
Price and Johnson (2009)
by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by
Price and Johnson (2009)
are in parentheses]:
Female (n = 5)
. Length of head seta 10, 0.030; seta 11, 0.100; ratio10/11, 0.30. Tergal setae: II, 21 (23–26); III, 26 (27–32). Sternal setae: II, 15 (16–19) marginal between asters; III, 26 (21–25); sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: AW, 0.57 (0.59–0.61).
Male (n = 5)
. Sternite III with 3–4 medioanterior setae, other sternites without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: HL, 0.27 (0.28); PW, 0.25 (0.27–0.28); MW, 0.33 (0.35); TL, 1.30 (1.22–1.24).