Myrsidea eutiloti Hellenthal and Price

Hellenthal, Ronald A. & Price, Roger D., 2003, The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from bulbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 16 new species, Zootaxa 354, pp. 1-20 : 11

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scientific name

Myrsidea eutiloti Hellenthal and Price
status

sp. nov.

Myrsidea eutiloti Hellenthal and Price , new species

Type host. Pycnonotus eutilotus (Jardine and Selby) .

Male (11). Close to M. plumosi , differing as follows. Tergal setae: II, 8–9; III–V, 1 0 – 14. Sternal setae: III, 7–12; IV, 19–36; V, 24–36; VI, 17–28; VII, 9–12; VIII, 4. Dimensions: TW, 0.38–0.40; HL, 0.24–0.29; PW, 0.23–0.26; MW, 0.30–0.34; AWIV, 0.40–0.44; LSVII, 0.12–0.22; TL, 0.96–1.10; GL, 0.31–0.37.

Female (11). Close to M. plumosi , differing as follows. Tergal setae: II, 8–13; V–VI, 12–19; VII, 10–16; VIII, 11–18. Sternal setae: III, 12–18; IV–V, 2 8 –42; VI, 24–32; VII, 10–16. Anal fringe with 31–37 ventral, 25–33 dorsal setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.41–0.46; HL, 0.28–0.31; PW, 0.25–0.28; MW, 0.36–0.40; AWIV, 0.51–0.58; LSVII, 0.20–0.30; ANW, 0.19–0.22; TL, 1.23–1.39.

Type material. Ex P. eutilotus , the Puff­backed Bulbul, holotype male, Semengo, SARAWAK, 14 Aug. 1966, 7E­0722. Paratypes, all ex P. eutilotus : 1 female, same as holotype; 2 males, 4 females, same except 8 Sept. 1966, 7E­0724; 3 males, 3 females, Pengkalanlobang Niah, SARAWAK, 28 Feb. 1967, 7E­1454; 9 males, 7 females, Subang, MALAYA, 19 Apr.­2 May 1962, M­01339 to M­01364 (4 collections).

Other material. Ex P. erythropthalmus (Hume) , the Spectacled Bulbul, 3 males, 2 females, MALAYA (3 collections), THAILAND (2 collections). Ex P. cyaniventris Blyth , the Grey­bellied Bulbul, 1 male, 1 female, THAILAND (1 collection).

Remarks. Both sexes of M. eutiloti are separated from those of M. plumosi by consistently being smaller in all dimensions. There also is a tendency for M. eutiloti to have reduced numbers of abdominal setae.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

Family

Menoponidae

Genus

Myrsidea

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