Host: Habia fuscicauda (Cabanis) – Red-throated Ant-Tanager

One chewing louse species was found on this host:

Myrsidea fuscicaudae Price & Dalgleish, 2006

Myrsidea fuscicaudae Price & Dalgleish, 2006: 14, fig.18.

Type host. Habia fuscicauda (Cabanis)

Material studied. 31 males, 30 females and 96 nymphs ex Habia fuscicauda, COSTA RICA: Hitoy Cerere BR, Provincia Limỏn (9°40’N, 85°05’W), 18–25 August 2004, Literák, Č apek & Havlίček coll. Deposited in INBio – O. Sychra CR66–67.

Remarks. Ten birds were examined and all were parasitised by Myrsidea fuscicaudae . This louse species had the highest intensity of parasitism among all the species dealt with in this paper. Mean intensity was 16, while range of intensity was 2–31 lice per bird (n=10).