Rhopaloceras variegatus Carriker, 1955

Valim, Michel P. & Silveira, Luís F., 2014, A new species and five new records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from an isolated population of the solitary tinamou Tinamus solitarius (Aves: Tinamiformes), Zootaxa 3838 (1), pp. 127-142 : 136

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.8

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6134814

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scientific name

Rhopaloceras variegatus Carriker, 1955
status

 

Rhopaloceras variegatus Carriker, 1955

Rhopaloceras variegatus Carriker, 1955: 8 , figs 5a, 6a.

Material examined: 1♀ ( MZUSP #3230), Roteiro (09°50'S; 35°58'W), Alagoas, Brazil, Nov. 1978, P.M. Nardelli coll. (W.C.A. Bokermann leg.).

Remarks: This single specimen is here tentatively identified with the original description by Carriker (1955). Except for small differences between measurements, this female and the holotype are very similar. However, this identification should be taken with caution considering that we are comparing two single female specimens. Rhopaloceras variegatus is a natural ectoparasite of Crypturellus variegatus (Gmelin, 1789) , which does not occur within the geographical range of T. solitarius pernambucensis . However, it is possible that both a specimen of C. variegatus and the host of the female louse studied here were living in the same enclosure, allowing for a transfer of lice between them. Regardless of its host association, this is the first record of Rhopaloceras variegatus for Brazil.

MZUSP

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

Family

Philopteridae

Genus

Rhopaloceras

Loc

Rhopaloceras variegatus Carriker, 1955

Valim, Michel P. & Silveira, Luís F. 2014
2014
Loc

Rhopaloceras variegatus

Carriker 1955: 8
1955
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