Priceiella (Priceiella) sternotypica ( Ansari, 1956a ) Bush, 2017

Bush, Sarah E., 2017, Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key, Zootaxa 4313 (1), pp. 1-443 : 176-179

Priceiella (Priceiella) sternotypica ( Ansari, 1956a) , new combination

( Figs 277–284 , 315 )

Bruelia sternotypicus Ansari, 1956a: 148 .

Brueelia sternotypicus Ansari, 1956a ; Price et al. 2003: 158.

Type host. Ianthocincla pectoralis pectoralis (Gould, 1836) — greater necklaced laughingthrush ( pectoralis ). Type locality. Kangpokpi [originally given as Kangpokoi], Manipur State, India.

Other host. Ianthocincla pectoralis subfusa Kinnear, 1924 — greater necklaced laughingthrush.

Description. Both sexes. Head shape, structure, and chaetotaxy as in genus description and Fig. 279 . Antennae slightly sexually dimorphic ( Figs 279–280 ). Small dorsal preantennal suture surrounding ads present, generally more prominent in males than in females, but often absent. Dark pigmentation on marginal carina (paler in displaced section), mandibular framework, ventral carinae, preantennal, preocular, and postocular nodi, marginal temporal carina, and gular plate. Thoracic and abdominal segments as in genus and subgenus descriptions and Figs 277–278 . Lateral tergopleurites and pleural incrassations as in Fig. 315 . Sternal plates III–VII in males and III–VIII in females with a small hook on anterior margin; hook more pronounced in females than in males.

Male. Scape elongated and slightly swollen ( Fig. 279 ). Lateral margins of sternal plates flat or slightly concave ( Fig. 277 ). Abdominal chaetotaxy as in Table 8 and Fig. 277 . Proximal end of basal apodeme widened laterally ( Fig. 281 ); extensions more or less translucent. Proximal mesosome fishtail-shaped, with rugose dorsal surface. Gonopore ( Fig. 282 ) ventral, narrowly open distally. Mesosomal lobes slenderly triangular, fused distally, with wide ventral rugose nodi at about half-length ( Fig. 282 ); 2 ames on each side near anterior margin of lobes; 2 pmes on each side near postero-lateral margins of lobes. Parameral heads ( Fig. 283 ) of irregular shape. Parameral blades slender, not much elongated distally, with distal ends parallel or subparallel; pst1–2 sensilla. Measurements ex Ianthocincla pectoralis pectoralis (n = 2): TL = 1.51–1.60; HL = 0.38–0.40; HW = 0.39–0.41; PRW = 0.25–0.26; PTW = 0.42–0.45; AW = 0.61–0.63. Ex I. p. subfusa (n = 2): TL = 1.40–1.58; HL = 0.36–0.37; HW = 0.39–0.40; PRW = 0.25; PTW = 0.43–0.44; AW = 0.63–0.64.

Female. Scape not modified ( Fig. 280 ). Lateral margins of sternal plates deeply concave ( Fig. 278 ). Abdominal chaetotaxy as in Table 8 and Fig. 278 . Subgenital plate roughly triangular, with conspicuous anterolateral formations ( Fig. 284 ) that are similar to those of sternal plates ( Fig. 278 ); plate flares into cross-piece distally, with slender distal thickening for most of length. Vulval margin ( Fig. 284 ) gently rounded, with 3–4 long, slender vms on each side, and 6–9 moderate, thorn-like vss on each side; 4–5 long, slender vos on each side; distal seta median to vss. Measurements ex Ianthocincla pectoralis pectoralis (n = 5): TL = 1.86–1.99; HL = 0.40–0.41; HW = 0.41–0.43; PRW = 0.24; PTW = 0.40–0.42; AW = 0.60–0.65. Ex I. p. subfusa (n = 7): TL = 1.71–1.91; HL = 0.38–0.39; HW = 0.40–0.42; PRW = 0.25–0.26; PTW = 0.40–0.42; AW = 0.63–0.69.

Remarks. Specimens from Ianthocincla pectoralis subfusa do not differ substantially from specimens from the type host, but tend to have more vss (8–10 on specimens from I. p. subfusa and 6–9 on specimens from I. p. pectoralis ), and the preantennal head tends to be slightly narrower in material from I. p. subfusa than in specimens from the type host. We do not believe these differences are significant enough to separate the material from the two host subspecies into two different taxa.

Type material. Ex Ianthocincla pectoralis pectoralis [as Garrulax pectoralis pectoralis ]: Holotype ♂, Kangpokpi, Manipur, India, 26 Jan. 1952, R. Meinertzhagen, 19864, BM1952-143 (NHML). Allotype ♀, same data as holotype (NHML).

Additional material examined (non-types)

Ex Ianthocincla pectoralis pectoralis [as Garrulax pectoralis pectoralis ]: 2♂, 5♀, same data as holotype (NHML).

Ex Ianthocincla pectoralis subfusa : 1♂, 4♀, Hin Laem, Tha Khanun, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, 16 Nov. 1952, R.E. Elbel & H.G. Deignan, RE-1518, RT-B-17052, 12479–80 on reverse ( OSUS).

Figures

FIGURES 277 – 278. Priceiella (Priceiella) sternotypica (Ansari, 1956 a) n. comb. ex Garrulax pectoralis subfuscus: 277, male habitus, dorsal and ventral views. 278, female habitus, dorsal and ventral views.

FIGURES 279 – 284. Priceiella (Priceiella) sternotypica (Ansari, 1956 a) n. comb. ex Garrulax pectoralis subfuscus: 279, male head, dorsal and ventral views. 280, female antenna, ventral side. 281, male genitalia, dorsal view. 282, male mesosome, ventral view. 283, male paramere, dorsal view. 284, female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view.

FIGURES 315 – 318. Pleurites IV – V of male, including lateral end of sternite, dorsal view (ventral structures shown with dotted lines): 315, Priceiella (Priceiella) sternotypica (Ansari, 1956 a) n. comb. 316, Priceiella (Camurnirmus) hwameicola n. gen., n. subgen. & n. sp. 317, Priceiella (Thescelovora) alliocephala n. gen., n. sungen. & n. sp. 318, Priceiella (Torosinirmus) koka n. gen., n. sugen. & n. sp.