Picicola oneilli Price and Weckstein

Price, Roger D. & Weckstein, Jason D., 2006, Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 1367, pp. 37-50 : 45-46

Picicola oneilli Price and Weckstein , new species

( Figs. 22–24 )

Type host. Notharchus macrorhynchos (J.F. Gmelin) , the White-necked Puffbird.

Description. Head shaped much as in Fig. 9 , with marginal carina having irregular inner border. Tergites II–IV each with 2 tergocentral setae; V, 3; VI–VIII, 4. Male tergite IX ( Fig. 22 ) with very long heavy seta at each lateroposterior corner in addition to usual very long more median seta; both tergites VIII and IX medially narrowed. Male subgenital plate as in Fig. 23 ; genitalia as in Fig. 24 , with an extremely short penis. Male dimensions: TW, 0.37; HL, 0.42; CI, 1.14; PW, 0.22; MW, 0.33; AWV, 0.44; GL, 0.25; PL, 0.015; TL, 1.43.

Type material. Ex N. macrorhynchos , holotype male ( DNA voucher 1.13.2003.19), PERU: Dpto. Loreto, 86 km SE Juanjui on upper Rio Pauya, 7° 35’ 10” S, 75° 56’ 1” W, ( LSUMZ, JPO- 8121, 8 August 2000).

Remarks. Although this new species is based only on a single male louse, the unique small penis structure and the details of the posterior tergal sclerites make us confident of its distinctness. The chaetotaxy of tergite IX is similar to that of P. faucetti ( Fig. 19 ), but the differences in penis size and the shape of the inner border of the marginal head carina enable easy separation.

Etymology. This species is named for John P. O’Neill in recognition of his generous assistance to students of Neotropical Ornithology and his collecting specimens vital to this and other studies of lice.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 27. 14, Picicola naokii, male genitalia. 15 – 18, P. osheai. 15, Female head outline. 16, Male tergites VIII – IX. 17, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 18, Male genitalia. 19 – 21, P. faucetti. 19, Male tergites VIII – IX. 20, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 21, Male genitalia. 22 – 24, P. oneilli. 22, Male tergites VIII – IX. 23, Male subgenital plate. 24, Male genitalia. 25 – 27, P. serrafreirei. 25, Female head outline. 26, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 27, Dorsal female abdomen.

FIGURES 1 – 13. 1 – 6, Picicola striata. 1, Entire dorsoventral male. 2, Dorsoventral female terminal segments. 3, Male tergites VIII – IX. 4, Female head outline. 5, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 6, Male subgenital plate. 7 – 8, P. galbulica. 7, Female head outline. 8, Male genitalia. 9 – 11, P. v a l q u i i. 9, Female head outline. 10, Male subgenital plate. 11, Male genitalia. 12 – 13, P. naokii. 12, Female head outline. 13, Male subgenital plate.