Priceiella (Camurnirmus) sonorae Gustafsson, Clayton

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Clayton, Dale H. & Bush, Sarah E., 2018, Twelve new species of Priceiella (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Old World babblers, with keys to species of two subgenera and checklists of species for the genus, Zootaxa 4382 (3), pp. 401-449 : 431-433

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.1

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Priceiella (Camurnirmus) sonorae Gustafsson, Clayton
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Priceiella (Camurnirmus) sonorae Gustafsson, Clayton , & Bush, new species

( Figs 64–70 View FIGURES 64–65 View FIGURES 66–70 )

Type host. Garrulax maesi maesi (Oustalet 1890) —gray laughing-thrush ( Leiothrichidae ). Type locality. Jing Xi County, Guangxi Province, China.

Diagnosis. Priceiella (Camurnirmus) sonorae n. sp. is most similar to P. (C.) lindquistae n. sp., with which it shares the following characters: parameres long and tapered ( Figs 62 View FIGURES 59–63 , 69 View FIGURES 66–70 ); female subgenital plate with medial reticulation ( Figs 63 View FIGURES 59–63 , 70 View FIGURES 66–70 ); antennae sexually dimorphic and dorsal preantennal suture absent ( Figs 59 View FIGURES 59–63 , 66 View FIGURES 66–70 ); tps on female tergopleurite VIII absent ( Figs 58 View FIGURES 57–58 , 65 View FIGURES 64–65 ). The differences between P. (C.) sonorae and P. (C.) lindquistae are mainly in the male genitalia ( Figs 60–62 View FIGURES 59–63 , 67–69 View FIGURES 66–70 ; see P. (C.) lindquistae above for a more detailed comparison of these). However, the two species can also be separated on the following characters: female subgenital plate more constricted at base of cross-piece in P. (C.) sonorae ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 66–70 ) than in P. (C.) lindquistae ( Fig. 63 View FIGURES 59–63 ); ps present on female abdominal segment III in P. (C.) lindquistae ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 57–58 ), but not in P. (C.) sonorae ( Fig. 65 View FIGURES 64–65 ); female abdominal segments VII–VIII each with 4 ps on each side in P. (C.) sonorae ( Fig. 65 View FIGURES 64–65 ), but each with 3 ps on each side in P. (C.) lindquistae ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 57–58 ).

Description. Both sexes. Head broad, dome shaped with flat posterior margin ( Fig. 66 View FIGURES 66–70 ). Frons broad, shallowly concave. Lateral margins of preantennal head convex. Dorsal preantennal suture absent. Head chaetotaxy as in Fig. 66 View FIGURES 66–70 . Antennae sexually dimorphic. Base pigmentation pale yellowish brown; marginal and lateral section of marginal temporal carinae, head modi, proepimera, metepisterna and pleural incrassations dark, slightly reddish, brown; margins of antennal sockets, mandibular framework, gular plate, sternal plates IV–VI and subgenital plates medium brown; metasternum and sternal plates II–III pale brown.

Male. Scape swollen and elongated ( Fig. 66 View FIGURES 66–70 ). Pteronotum with 7 mms on each side. Abdominal plates and chaetotaxy as in Fig. 64 View FIGURES 64–65 . Male genitalia as in Figs 67–69 View FIGURES 66–70 . Basal apodeme much widened anteriorly, markedly constricted at mid-length ( Fig. 67 View FIGURES 66–70 ). Proximal mesosome rounded quadratic ( Fig. 68 View FIGURES 66–70 ). Mesosomal lobes broad, of irregular shape. Marginal thickening of mesosomal lobes deeply sinuous laterally, not medially continuous. Gonopore wide and short, with short anterior projection; 2 ames microsetae on each side near antero-lateral corner of mesosomal lobes; 1 pmes sensillus on lateral projections of gonopore; 2 pmes microsetae on each side on or near lateral margins of mesosome. Parameral heads irregular, somewhat elongated and arched, with serrated distal margin ( Fig. 69 View FIGURES 66–70 ). Parameral blades elongated, tapered and widely divergent distally; pst1–2 close together. Measurements ex Garrulax maesi maesi (n = 5): TL = 1.37–1.45; HL = 0.36–0.40; HW = 0.36–0.40; PRW = 0.23– 0.24; PTW = 0.37–0.38; AW = 0.55–0.61.

Female. Scape as in Fig. 65 View FIGURES 64–65 . Pteronotum with 5 mms on each side. Abdominal plates and chaetotaxy as in Fig. 65 View FIGURES 64–65 . Subgenital plate ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 66–70 ) with medial reticulations. Vulval margin (Fig, 70) flat medially, with 4–5 long, slender vms on each side (medial-most vms much shorter than others and situated submarginally as in Fig. 70 View FIGURES 66–70 ) and 8–10 short thorn-like vss on each side; 3–5 long, slender vos on each side; distal vos situated near vss. Measurements ex Garrulax maesi maesi (n = 5): TL = 1.80–1.81; HL = 0.40–0.44; HW = 0.41–0.46; PRW = 0.24– 0.26; PTW = 0.39–0.42; AW = 0.59–0.64.

Etymology. This species is named after Sonora Fay Clayton, the twin daughter of Dale H. Clayton and Sarah E. Bush, for assistance with collection of bird lice and other field work since she was seven years old.

Type material. Ex Garrulax maesi maesi : Holotype Ƌ, Jing Xi County, Guangxi, China, 30 Sep. 2004, S.E. Bush, ATP-2004-135 ( NHML) . Paratypes: 3♂, 4♀, same data as holotype (PIPeR) ; 1♂, 2♀, Shiwandashan National Park , Guangxi, China, 29 Apr. 2005, S.E. Bush & D.H. Clayton, host TJD-6263, lice P-737 (PIPeR).

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Natural History Museum, Tripoli

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