Myrsidea marini Price and Dalgleish, 2007

Kounek, Filip, Sychra, Oldrich, Capek, Miroslav, Lipkova, Alexandra & Literak, Ivan, 2011, Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 3032, pp. 1-16 : 9-10

Myrsidea marini Price and Dalgleish, 2007

Myrsidea marini Price and Dalgleish, 2007: 12 , Figs. 37–38. Type host: Pezopetes capitalis Cabanis—Large-footed Finch

Material studied. 2 females and 2 males, ex Pezopetes capitalis (Emberizidae) , COSTA RICA: Braulio Carillo National Park, Sector Barva (10˚07’N, 84˚07’W; 2600m), 6 August 2010; 2 females and 2 males, Tapanti National Park, Sector Cerro de la Muerte (9°33’N, 83°43’W; 3100m), 15 August 2010, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in INBio (O.Sychra CR123–125) and MZM (O.Sychra CR126).

Remarks. Our specimens differ from the description of M. marini presented by Price and Dalgleish (2007) by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by Price and Dalgleish (2007) are in parentheses]:

Female (n = 4). Length of head seta 10, 0.040–0.050; seta 11, 0.110–0.120; ratio10/11, 0.33–0.45. Gula 4–6 (5) setae on each side. Metasternal plate with 8 (9) setae. Tergal setae: I, 31–37 (27); II, 28–30 (27); III, 26–29 (24– 25); IV, 27 (24–25); V, 27 (24–25); VI, 23–24 (22), VII, 22–23 (19–20), VIII, 12–16 (19–20). Sternal setae: II, 19– 23 (20) marginal between asters, 11–17 (10) anterior; III, 26 (28); VI, 25–29 (33–35); VII, 17–18 (22); VIII–IX, 29–32 (31); with 7 medioanterior setae on sternite III. Dimensions: TW, 0.48 (0.45); PW, 0.32 (0.31); MW, 0.50 (0.49); AW, 0.66 (0.60); TL, 1.50–1.63 (1.56).

Male (n = 4). Tergal setae: I, 22–24 (23); II, 20–22 (25); III, 25 (22–24); VI, 21–25 (22–24), VII, 22–23 (25), VIII, 19–23 (22). Sternal setae: II, 18–19 (16) marginal between asters, 14–16 (17) anterior; III, 30–32 (31); IV, 42 (36–39); V, 40 (36–39); VI, 41 (36–39);VII, 30–31 (34); VIII, 29 (25); including medioanterior setae: III, 8–9; IV, 8; V, 5; VI, 9; VII, 5–8. Dimensions: TL, 1.33–1.35 (1.39).