Columbicola gourae Tendeiro, 1984

Adams, Richard J., Price, Roger D. & Clayton, Dale H., 2005, Taxonomic revision of Old World members of the feather louse genus Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), including descriptions of eight new species, Journal of Natural History 39 (41), pp. 3545-3618 : 3595

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scientific name	Columbicola gourae Tendeiro
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Columbicola gourae Tendeiro View in CoL

( Figures 152–155 View Figures 147–164 ) Columbicola gourae Tendeiro 1984: 97 . Type host: Goura c. cristata (Pallas).

Description

Body robust. Male head as in Figure 152 View Figures 147–164 ; anterior head region distinctly indented; medioposterior setae short, not reaching posterior head margin; APW, 0.186 –0.198; HW, 0.51–0.52; HL, 0.61; HL/ HW, 1.17–1.20; SL, 0.093. Thorax with PW, 0.27–0.30; MW, 0.36–0.38. Genitalia as in Figure 153 View Figures 147–164 ; mesosome ovoid, transverse sclerites crossing mesosomal midline, with 4 medial, 2 lateral pores; GW, 0.127. TL, 1.96–2.03. Female head as in Figure 154 View Figures 147–164 ; APW, 0.201 –0.206; HW, 0.51–0.52; HL, 0.64; HL/ HW, 1.18–1.23. Thorax with PW, 0.31–0.32; MW, 0.39–0.41. Ventral terminalia as in Figure 155 View Figures 147–164 ; subgenital plate groove broadly triangular, smoothly rounded anteriorly, with uneven lateral edges. TL, 2.33–2.35 GoogleMaps .

Material

Holotype male, allotype female, 1 male, 1 female paratypes of C. gourae , ex G. c. cristata, Irian Jaya (1).

Remarks

This species is similar to C. paradoxus Tendeiro , differing by its shortened preantennal head region and structure of the male genitalia. The low HL/HW ratio further separates C. gourae from other members of the longiceps group.