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 johnklickai
Price, Johnson and Dalgleish, 2008
Myrsidea johnklickai
Price, Johnson and Dalgleish, 2008
: 4
,
Figs. 5–7
.
Type
host:
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
(Lafresnaye)
— Blue-black Grosbeak.
Material studied.
1 female
, ex
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
(Cardinalidae)
,
COSTA RICA
: Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Sector Santa Maria, Sendero del Padre (
10°46’N
,
85°18’N
;
800m
),
21 August 2009
, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in
INBio
(O.Sychra CR102);
3 males
ex
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
,
COSTA RICA
: Hitoy Cerere BR, Provincia Limón (9˚40’N, 85˚05’W),
19–25 August 2004
, Literak leg. (O.Sychra CR61).
Remarks.
The characteristics of the female studied are completely consistent with the description of
M
.
johnklickai
presented by
Price
et al.
(2008)
. On the other hand, the characteristics of three males collected from
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
in 2004 (
Sychra
et al.
2007
) were somewhat different from their description. They have a smaller number of metanotal and tergal setae and smaller dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by
Price
et al.
(2008)
are in parentheses]:
Male (n = 3)
. Mean length of head seta 10, 0.054 (n=4); seta 11, 0.094 (n=4); ratio10/11, 0.58. Metanotum with 6–9 (8–9) setae on posterior margin, metasternal plate large with 6–7 (5) setae. Tergal setae: I, 9–12 (10–12); II–V, 13–16 (
II 13–14
, III 12–
15
, V 11–14); VIII, 10–11 (8–10). Sternal setae: II, 10–13 (11–15) marginal between asters, 4–7 (9–14) anterior; sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae.
Dimensions
: TW, 0.41–0.43 (0.42–0.43); HL, 0.28–0.29 (0.29–0.31); TL, 1.20–1.26 (1.24–1.33); GW, 0.10–0.12; GSL, 0.10.