Forficuloecus meinertzhageni Guimarães

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Forficuloecus meinertzhageni Guimarães, 1974: 177 . Type host: Nestor meridionalis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788), the Kaka.

Male. Tergal setae: II–III, 7–8; IV–VII, 9–11; VIII, 8–10. Tergite IX with median bridge connecting lateral portions of tergite IX, as in Fig. 7. Sternal setae: II, 3–4; III–VI, 5–8; VII, 3–6. Genitalia (Fig. 6) with parameres and penis shaped as shown.

Female. Tergal setae: II, 7–8; III, 8–11; IV–VII, 9–12; VIII, 8–11. Sternal setae: II, 5–6; III–VI, 6–8; VII, 4–6.

Material. Ex N. meridionalis, NEW ZEALAND: 1 male, 1 female [paratypes of F. meinertzhageni] (MONZ), JG.150. Ex N. m. meridionalis, NEW ZEALAND: 1 male, 1 female (MONZ), E.F. Stead; 2 males, 2 females (MONZ), Canterbury, Patersons Creek, 23 Oct. 1974, D.S. Horning. Ex N. m. septentrionalis Lorenz, 1896, NEW ZEALAND: 1 male, 1 female (MONZ), North Island, Dannevirke, 27 June 1976, E. Brown; 1 male (MONZ), Kapiti Island, 25 Aug. 1981, P. McKenzie; 1 male, 1 female (MONZ), Kapiti Island, P. Dan i el. E x N. notabilis Gould, 1856, NEW ZEALAND: 1 male, 1 female (MONZ), South Island, 5 Sept. 1965; 2 females (MONZ), Kokatahi, Oct. 1973, C. Howatt; 4 males, 3 females (MONZ), South Island, near Discovery Stream, Hawdon Hut, 2 Sept. 1978, J.R. Jackson.

Remarks. The combination of the small dimensions of both sexes and the male tergite IX with a median connecting bridge ally F. meinertzhageni with F. p i l g r i m i Guimarães and distinguish it from the other two species. Males of F. meinertzhageni are separated from those of F. pilgrimi by their longer and wider male genitalia (Fig. 6 vs Fig. 8). Females of F. meinertzhageni are tenuously separable by their greater total length.