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
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Zootaxa
2011
3032
1
16
journal article
46326
10.5281/zenodo.278715
631bcf14-5ada-441e-8de1-816275ccc240
1175-5326
278715
Myrsidea icterocephalae
Price and Dalgleish, 2006
Myrsidea icterocephalae
Price and Dalgleish, 2006
: 9
,
Fig. 11
.
Type
host:
Tangara icterocephala
(Bonaparte)
—Silver-throated Tanager.
Material studied.
2 females
and
2 males
, ex
Tangara icterocephala
(Thraupidae)
,
COSTA RICA
: Tapanti National Park, Sector Tapanti (
09°46’N
,
83°47’W
;
1200m
),
9 August 2009
, Sychra and Literak leg.;
1 female
and
1 male
, ex
Tangara icterocephala
,
COSTA RICA
: Zona Protectora Las Tablas, La Amistad Lodge (
8°54’N
,
82°47’W
;
1300m
),
19 August 2010
, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in
INBio
(O.Sychra CR159–161).
Remarks.
Our specimens differ from the description of
M
.
icterocephalae
presented by
Price and Dalgleish (2006)
by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by
Price and Dalgleish (2006)
are in parentheses]:
Female (n = 3)
. Length of head seta 10, 0.030–0.040; seta 11, 0.085–0.090; ratio10/11, 0.33–0.47. Sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae.
Dimensions: MW, 0.40–0.43 (0.39–0.42); TL, 1.36–1.37 (1.40–1.49)
Male (n = 3)
. Sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.38–0.39 (0.39–0.41).