Myrsidea aurantiirostris Price and Dalgleish, 2007

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 : 2-3

Myrsidea aurantiirostris Price and Dalgleish, 2007

Myrsidea aurantiirostris Price and Dalgleish, 2007: 8 , Figs. 23–25. Type host: Arremon aurantiirostris Lafresnaye—Orange-billed Sparrow

Material studied. 2 females and 11 males ex Arremon aurantiirostris (Emberizidae) , COSTA RICA: Hitoy Cerere BR, Provincia Limón (9˚40’N, 85˚05’W), 17–27 August 2004, Literak leg. Deposited in INBio (O.Sychra CR55–57); 2 females and 2 males, ex Arremon aurantiirostris , COSTA RICA: Zona Protectora Las Tablas, La Amistad Lodge (8°54’N, 82°47’W; 1300m), 21 August 2010, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in INBio (O.Sychra CR107–108).

Remarks. Our specimens differ from the description of M. aurantiirostris presented by Price and Dalgleish (2007) by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by Price and Dalgleish (2007) are in parentheses]:

Female (n = 4). Length of head seta 10, 0.050; seta 11, 0.100–0.105; ratio10/11, 0.48–0.50.

Metasternal plate with 7–11 (8–11). Tergal setae: II, 26–37 (26–36); III–VI, 32–44 (32–42); VII, 26–35 (26– 34). Sternal setae: II, 9–13 (13–17) anterior; IV–VI, 36–50 (37–50); sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: HL, 0.29–0.30 (0.30–0.32); AW, 0.62–0.66 (0.64–0.66); ANW, 0.22–0.27 (0.22–0.24).

Male (n = 13). Metanotal marginal setae, 9–13 (10–13). Tergal setae: I, 20–27 (20–25); II, 25–33 (25–32); III, 29–36 (29–34); IV, 26–38 (26–35); V, 31–39 (31–38); VI, 27–36 (27–33); VII, 24–32 (24–28); VIII, 22–24 (17– 21). Sternal setae: II, 10–19 (16–19) anterior; III, 23–34 (23–29); IV, 26–42 (26–37); V–VI, 32–43 (32–41); VII, 26–35 (26–32); VIII, 10–22 (9–18); sternites III–VII without medioanterior setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.41–0.45 (0.43); HL, 0.25–0.30 (0.28–0.30); PW, 0.26–0.29 (0.27–0.29); MW, 0.35–0.39 (0.36–0.39); AW, 0.47–0.50 (0.48– 0.51); TL, 1.20–1.33 (1.22–1.26).

Bird species P1 E2 Myrsidea species Ƥ nymphs Location Cardinalidae

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