Menacanthus sturnellae Price, 1977

Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2021, An annotated catalogue of bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Chile, Zootaxa 5077 (1), pp. 1-151 : 35-36

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scientific name	Menacanthus sturnellae Price, 1977
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Menacanthus sturnellae Price, 1977 View in CoL

Menacanthus sturnellae Price, 1977: 212 View in CoL , figs 20–21.

Menacanthus sturnellae Price, 1977 View in CoL ; Palma et al. 1998: 318.

Menacanthus sturnellae Price, 1977 View in CoL ; Price et al. 2003: 125.

Menacanthus sturnellae Price, 1977 View in CoL ; Soto et al. 2013: 1317.

Holotype ♂ in USNM.

Type host: Sturnella magna ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Chilean host: Sturnella loyca loyca (Molina, 1782) .

Other hosts: Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 ; Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 .

Chilean localities: Punitaqui: Region IV; Biobío: Region VIII.

Geographic distribution: North, Central and South America.

Chilean references: Palma et al. (1998); Soto et al. (2013).

Other significant reference: Price et al. (2003).

Remarks: Soto et al. (2013: 1317) found that only 2 (or 7.4%) of 27 specimens of Sturnella loyca loyca , examined for ectoparasites in Chile, carried Menacanthus sturnellae .

Genus Menopon Nitzsch, 1818 View in CoL

Menopon Nitzsch, 1818 View in CoL . Germar’s Mag. Entomol. 3, 299. Type species: Menopon gallinae ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL (by subsequent designation).