Oxylipeurus, Mjoberg, 1910

Gustafsson, Daniel R. & Zou, Fasheng, 2023, Species of Reticulipeurus Kéler, 1958 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Oxylipeurus- complex) parasitic on species of Arborophila, with description of a new subgenus and three new species, Zootaxa 5284 (3), pp. 496-520 : 518

Emendation of the key to identify the genera and subgenera in the Oxylipeurus -complex

The key to the Oxylipeurus -complex in Gustafsson et al. (2020a) can be emended to include Forcipurellus in couplet 9, as follows:

9. Male abdominal segments IX+X and XI 1 with prominent postero-lateral extensions [“claspers” sensu Carriker (1945)]................................................................................. Eiconolipeurus Carriker, 1945

- Male abdomen without such structures................................................................... 9A

9A. Female with prominent “claspers” formed by extensions of abdominal segment XI ( Fig. 8 ); female vulval margin deeply emarginated, with lateral sections forming rounded lobes that have subparallel median margins and median section convex ( Fig. 8 ); male stylus terminal ( Fig. 40 )........................................ Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus) new subgenus

- Female without such claspers; female vulval margin variably concave, but either with no section of the margin forming lobes, or without median section being convex; male stylus subterminal............. Reticulipeurus (Reticulipeurus) Kéler, 1958

1 Note that the segment numbers were incorrectly given as “IX and IX+X” by Gustafsson et al. (2020a).

Figures

FIGURES 3–8. Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus) formosanus (Uchida, 1917). 3, male head, dorsal and ventral view. 4, female antenna, ventral view. 5, male genitalia, dorsal view. 6, male genitalia, ventral view. 7, male paramere, dorsal view. 8, female subgenital plate, vulval margin, and terminalia, ventral view.

FIGURES 40–44. Distal ends of male abdomens, dorsal and ventral views. 40, Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus) bracatus new species. 41, Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus) diki new species. 42, Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus) formosanus (Uchida, 1917). 43, Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus) longistylus new species. 44, Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus) nitzschi Kéler, 1958. All drawings are to the same scale.