Parasecia valida (Brennan, 1969)

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Fonsecia (Parasecia) valida Brennan, 1969: 663, fig. 2.

Parasecia valida: Brennan & Lukoschus 1971: 44; Goff 1992b: 967; Bassini-Silva et al. 2020: 167, figs. 23, 24.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-3111.1000; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fPp = B/B/NNB; fSc: PL> AM> AL; Ip = 607–637; fD = 2H-6(7)-6-4-2(2-4)+(2–6); DS = 30–32; V = 26–30; NDV = 57–60. Scutum nearly trapezoidal, with large anterolateral shoulders and sparse puncta; sensilla with ca. 10 branches in distal two thirds; sensillary bases slightly anterior to level of PL (PSB—P-PL = 2–6 µm). Standard measurements of examined specimens given in Table 10.

Distribution. Brazil (Bassini-Silva et al. 2020), and Paraguay (this study).

Hosts . Hylaeamys megacephalus (Fischer), Necromys lasiurus (Lund) ( Rodentia: Cricetidae), Monodelphis brevicaudata (Erxleben) ( Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) (Bassini-Silva et al. 2020).

New host records: Dendrocincla turdina, Dendrocolaptes platyrostris, Myiarchus ferox, Thraupis sayaca, Troglodytes aedon, Xiphorhynchus fuscus, Zonotrichia capensis .

Material examined. 32 larvae (ZIN 8908–8939) ex D. platyrostris No PG 59, X. fuscus No PG 74, D. turdina Nos PG 75 and PG76, PARAGUAY: San Rafael Nat. Park, Kanguery, 19 August 2011; 33 larvae (ZIN 8960–8982, 8985–8994) ex T. sayaca No PG 242, Z. capensis No PG 243, M. ferox No PG 244, T. aedon No PG 249, Kanguery, 24 August 2012.