Picicola galbulica Valim and Linardi

Price, Roger D. & Weckstein, Jason D., 2006, Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 1367, pp. 37-50 : 41

Picicola galbulica Valim and Linardi

( Figs. 7–8 )

Picicola galbulica Valim and Linardi 2006:25 . Type host. Galbula ruficauda Cuvier , the Rufoustailed Jacamar.

Redescription. Head shaped as in Fig.7 , with marginal carina of equal thickness and having even inner border. Tergites II–V each with 2 tergocentral setae; VI with 2–4; VII–VIII, usually 4–5, less often 3 or 6. Pleural thickenings and male tergite IX as for P. striata . Female subgenital plate much as in Fig. 5 ; vulval margin with row of 16–18 short setae, with slight medial concavity, and with short seta displaced on each side lateroposterior to this row. Male subgenital plate as in Fig. 6 ; genitalia as in Fig. 8 , with 3 sensilla on each endomeral arm. Female dimensions: TW, 0.37–0.40; HL, 0.44–0.47; CI, 1.15–1.21; PW, 0.21–0.24; MW, 0.31–0.35; AWV, 0.42–0.52; TL, 1.59–1.86. Male dimensions: TW, 0.35–0.36; HL, 0.41–0.43; CI, 1.17–1.20; PW, 0.20–0.21; MW, 0.29–0.32; AWV, 0.38–0.43; GL, 0.25–0.31; PL, 0.035; TL, 1.45–1.53.

Material. Ex G. r u f i c a u d a, 1 female ( DNA Voucher 1.13.2003.17), BOLIVIA: Dpto. Santa Cruz, Mina Don Mario , 126 km ENE San Jose de Chiquitos, 17° 20’ S, 59° 41’ W ( LSUMZ, CCW- 871, 14 July 1999). Ex G. cyanicollis Cassin , 2 males, 1 female, BRAZIL: Belém; 1 male, 1 female ( DNA vouchers 1.13.2003.13 and PIPeR 1.17.2000.10), BRAZIL: Mato Grosso, S bank Rio Cristalino, 0.80 km upriver from the confluence with Rio Teles Pires, 33 km NE Alta Floresta, 9° 37’ 51” S, 55° 55’ 26” W ( MPEG, AA- 501, 17 July 1999). Ex G. cyanescens Deville , 1 male, 1 female, PERU: Dpto. Madre de Dios, Quebrada Aguas Calientes, left bank Rio Alto Madre de Dios, 2.75 km E Shintuya, 12° 40.1’ S, 71° 16.14’ W ( FMNH, host CBA#037/louse JCH#114, 6 September 1999). Ex G. tombacea Spix , 2 males, 3 females, PERU: Dpto. Loreto, ca. 54 km NNW mouth Rio Morona on west bank, 4° 16’ 51” S, 77° 14’ 16” W ( LSUMZ, JLK- 358, 17 July 2001).

Remarks. We agree with Valim and Linardi (2006), who note the morphological closeness of P. galbulica to P. striata . However, they give the male of P. galbulica as differing by having four tergocentral setae on segment VII; this does not hold true, as P. striata males also have these setae, although Oniki and Emerson (1981) neglected to illustrate the presence of these setae in their Fig. 1 . The few other features given for separation are nebulous and of dubious value. We have found the most reliable feature to be the thicker marginal head carina with its even inner border ( Fig. 4 vs Fig. 7 ).

After having studied material from five species of Galbula , we have been unable to discern any reliable morphological differences among them. This leads us to conclude that likely all ten of the Galbula species recognized by Dickinson (2003) share the same louse species.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. 1 – 6, Picicola striata. 1, Entire dorsoventral male. 2, Dorsoventral female terminal segments. 3, Male tergites VIII – IX. 4, Female head outline. 5, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 6, Male subgenital plate. 7 – 8, P. galbulica. 7, Female head outline. 8, Male genitalia. 9 – 11, P. v a l q u i i. 9, Female head outline. 10, Male subgenital plate. 11, Male genitalia. 12 – 13, P. naokii. 12, Female head outline. 13, Male subgenital plate.