Mayriphilopterus Mey, 2004

Valim, Michel P. & Linardi, Pedro M., 2007, Description of the male of Mayriphilopterus nystalicus Mey, 2004 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), Zootaxa 1604, pp. 47-51 : 50

Key for species of genus Mayriphilopterus Mey, 2004

1- Hyaline margin with two pairs of spatulate setae ....................................................................................... 2

- Hyaline margin with four pairs of spatulate setae ........................................................ M. ernsti Mey, 2004

2- Pterothorax with more than 30 long setae on posterior margin ................................................................... 3

- Pterothorax with fewer than 25 long setae on posterior margin .................................................................. 4

3 - Tergite VIII of females with four setae; vulvar region with 60 small setae and 12–13 medium to long setae ............................................................................................................................... M. galbulicus Mey, 2004

- Tergite VIII of females with six setae; vulvar region with 80 small setae and 16 medium to long setae ..... ......................................................................................................................... M. brevicephalus Mey, 2004

4- Sternites present and well pigmented on females........................................................................................ 5

- Sternites absent on males and females .................................................................. M. nystalicus Mey, 2004

5 - Posterior margin of pterothorax rounded (0.22 in males and 0.24 in females in length); cephalic index 1.12 in males and 1.04 in females; male genitalia as in Fig. 3 (Plate VII of Carriker, 1963: 29) ......................... ......................................................................................................................... M. spinosus ( Carriker, 1963)

- Posterior margin of pterothorax with a bluntly rounded projection on median line (0.24 in males and 0.26 in females in length); cephalic index 1.07 in males and 1.03 in females, male genitalia much as in Fig. 4 ..................................................................................................................... M. orinocensis ( Carriker, 1963)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Mayriphilopterus nystalicus Mey, 2004: 1 — Female; 2 — Male (scale bar = 0.6 mm); 3 — subgenital plate of male, setae not included (0.01 mm); 4 — male genitalia (0.05 mm).