Myrsidea seminuda Eichler, 1951

Kounek, Filip, Sychra, Oldrich, Capek, Miroslav, Lipkova, Alexandra & Literak, Ivan, 2011, 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, Zootaxa 3032, pp. 1-16 : 13

Myrsidea seminuda Eichler, 1951

Myrsidea seminuda Eichler, 1951: 53 , Fig. 8 . Type host: Thraupis palmarum melanoptera (Sclater) Myrsidea seminuda ; Price and Dalgleish, 2006: 11 , Figs. 13–14. Redescription. Hosts: Thraupis palmarum (Wied) —Palm Tanager and T. episcopus (Linnaeus) —Blue-gray Tanager.

Material studied. 6 females and 6 males, ex Thraupis episcopus (Thraupidae) , 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 CR165–168) and MZM (O.Sychra CR169–170).

Remarks. Our specimens differ a little from the redescription of M. seminuda 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 = 6). Length of head seta 10, 0.035–0.050; seta 11, 0.085–0.115; ratio10/11, 0.30–0.59. Metanotum 11 (12–14) marginal setae. Tergal setae: V, 43 (33–39). Sternal setae: II, 32 (38–44); sternite III with 3–10 medioanterior setae, other sternites without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: HL, 0.30 (0.31–0.32).

Male (n = 6). Tergal setae: VII, 25 (31–33); VIII, 20 (21–22). Sternal setae: II, 25 (32–37); IV, 30 (32–41); V, 31 (32–38); sternite III with 5–11 medioanterior setae, other sternites without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: AW, 0.48 (0.44–0.46); TL, 1.29 (1.24–1.28).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. 7 – 9. Myrsidea roubalovae sp. nov. 7, Female (dorsal side on the left, ventral side on the right). 8, Male sternite II. 9, Male genital sac sclerite. 10 – 12. Myrsidea rubica sp. nov. 10, Female (dorsal side on the left, ventral side on the right). 11, Male sternite II. 12, Male genital sac sclerite. Scales 0.50 mm (Figs. 7, 10), 0.10 mm (Figs. 8, 11), 0.05 mm (Figs. 9, 12).