Myrsidea klickai Price, Johnson

Price, Roger D., Johnson, Kevin P. & Dalgleish, Robert C., 2008, Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from antshrikes and antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae), Zootaxa 1819, pp. 55-62 : 56-58

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.182969

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6229955

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scientific name

Myrsidea klickai Price, Johnson
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Myrsidea klickai Price, Johnson , and Dalgleish, new species ( Figs. 1–4 View FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 4 )

Type host. Thamnophilus punctatus (Shaw, 1809) , the Northern Slaty Antshrike.

Female (5). Metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen as in Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 4 . Metanotal posterior margin with 6 setae; metasternal plate with 6, much less often 7, setae. Tergal setae: I, 14–16; II, 15–16; III, 15–17; IV, 14–18; V, 16–19; VI, 16–18; VII, 14–17; VIII, 9–10. Sternal setae: II, 12–17 marginal between asters, 7–8 anterior; III, 18–21; IV, 27–34; V, 29–33; VI, 27–31; VII, 9–12; VIII–IX, 16–19. Anus with 38–42 ventral, 39–46 dorsal fringe setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.46–0.49; HL, 0.32–0.34; PW, 0.30–0.32; MW, 0.43–0.45; AWIV, 0.60–0.63; ANW, 0.23–0.25; TL, 1.50–1.57.

Male (3). As in Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 4 . Metanotum and metasternal plate as for female. Tergal setae: I, 7–8; II, 10–12; III– IV, 11–12; V–VI, 12–14; VII, 11–12; VIII, 8. Sternal setae: II, only 3 in each aster, 11–14 marginal between asters, 5–9 anterior; III, 14–18; IV, 23–26; V, 23–27; VI, 22–25; VII, 10–12; VIII, 6–10. Dimensions: TW, 0.43–0.45; HL, 0.31–0.32; PW, 0.28–0.30; MW, 0.38; AWIV, 0.47–0.49; GL, 0.40–0.41; TL, 1.23–1.32.

Type material. Holotype male ( INHS), ex T. punctatus , PANAMA: Serriana del Maje, 16 Feb. 2006, JMD 649, K. Johnson. Paratypes: ( INHS) 1 female, same data as holotype; 2 females, 1 male, PANAMA: Lago Bayano, 12 Feb. 2006, GMS 1768, K. Johnson; 1 female, same except GMS 1770; ( USNM) 1 female, 1 male, PANAMA: Lago Bayano, 12 Feb. 2006, GMS 1768.

Remarks. This species is separated from the following two species of the group by the combination of dimensions and number of metanotal marginal setae of both sexes, length of male genitalia, and number of setae on male abdominal tergites and dorsal anal fringe of the female.

Etymology. This species is named for John Klicka, Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in recognition of his assistance in collecting the lice used in this study and for his work on avian systematics.

INHS

Illinois Natural History Survey

GMS

Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

Family

Menoponidae

Genus

Myrsidea

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