Turdinirmoides grandalae ( Clay, 1936 ), 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 : 114-117

Turdinirmoides grandalae ( Clay, 1936)

( Figs 175–181 )

Degeeriella grandalae Clay, 1936: 912 .

Brüelia grandalae ( Clay), 1936 ; Hopkins & Clay, 1952: 56. Brueelia grandalae ( Clay, 1936) ; Price et al. 2003: 155.

Type host. Grandala coelicolor Hodgson, 1843 — grandala . Type locality. Sikkim, India.

Description. Both sexes. Head shape, structure, and chaetotaxy as in genus description and Fig. 177 . Median extent of dorsal preantennal suture near ads variable, but suture not medianly continuous. Thoracic and abdominal segments as in genus description and Figs 175–176 . Sternal plates and median tergopleurites very pale; tergopleurites progressively darker laterally. Lateral margins of sternal plates hard to see in some specimens.

Male. Abdominal chaetotaxy as in Table 2 and Fig. 175 . Basal apodeme ( Fig. 178 ) roughly rectangular, but widened distally. Proximal mesosome broadly quadratic, widening distally. Gonopore ( Fig. 179 ) as subparallel, submedian sclerites, open distally and proximally. Mesosomal lobes with distinct thickening at about mid-length; distal part of lobes rugose or papillate; 2 pmes barely visible just posterior to thickening of each lobe, lateral to gonopore. Parameral heads ( Fig. 180 ) large, bifid, folded into horseshoe-shapes. Parameral blades short, rounded with distinct thickening just distal to short parameral neck; pst1–2 sensilla, submarginal on median margin. Measurements ex Grandala coelicolor (n = 13 except n = 12 for TL, PRW, PTW): TL = 1.87–2.16 (2.05); HL = 0.38–0.41 (0.40); HW = 0.37–0.40 (0.38); PRW = 0.24–0.26 (0.25); PTW = 0.35–0.39 (0.37); AW = 0.38–0.50 (0.46).

Female. Abdominal chaetotaxy as in Table 2 and Fig. 176 . Subgenital plate (Fig, 181) triangular, not approaching vulval margin; distal end pointed. Detached cross-piece broad. Vulval margin gently rounded ( Fig. 181 ), with 4–5 short, slender vms on each side, and 6–7 short, thorn-like vss on each side; 2–3 long, slender vos; distal seta median to vss. Measurements ex Grandala coelicolor (n = 8): TL = 2.34–2.70; HL = 0.43–0.46; HW = 0.40–0.45; PRW = 0.26–0.29; PTW = 0.38–0.42; AW = 0.44–0.54.

Type material. Ex Grandala coelicolor [some as Grandala coelicolor major ]: Holotype ♀, Sikkim, India, Dec. 1925, R. Meinertzhagen, 40 (NHML). Paratypes: 10♂, 9♀, same data as holotype, 40, 3111–2 (NHML); 1♂, same data as holotype (OSUS); 1♀, Szechwan, China, R. Meinertzhagen, 1804 (OSUS).

Additional material examined (non-types)

Ex Grandala coelicolor [some as Grandala coelicolor major ]: 6♂, 2♀, Lachen, Sikkim, India, 25 Feb. 1952, R. Meinertzhagen, 20008, 20010–1, BM 1952-143 (NHML).

Figures

FIGURES 175 – 176. Turdinirmoides grandalae (Clay, 1936) n. comb. ex Grandala coelicolor: 175, male habitus, dorsal and ventral views. 176, female habitus, dorsal and ventral views.

FIGURES 177 – 181. Turdinirmoides grandalae (Clay, 1936) n. comb. ex Grandala coelicolor: 177, male head, dorsal and ventral views. 178, male genitalia, dorsal view. 179, male mesosome, ventral view. 180, male paramere, dorsal view. 181, female subgenital plate and vulval margin.