Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) saucia Gustafsson, 2022

Gustafsson, Daniel R. & Bush, Sarah E., 2022, Chewing lice of the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) parasitic on members of the Campephagidae (Aves: Passeriformes), with description of a new subgenus and 14 new species, Zootaxa 5165 (1), pp. 1-55 : 31

Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) saucia Gustafsson & Bush, new species

( Figs 66–67 , 70 , 73, 80–82 )

Type host. Edolisoma montanum montanum (Meyer, 1874) – black-bellied cicadabird.

Type locality. Mount Kaindi , Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea .

Diagnosis. Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) subarcens new species is most similar to In. (Cp.) saucia new species. For a comparison of these two species, see In. (Cp.) subarcens , above.

Description. Both sexes. Head flat dome-shaped ( Fig. 73 ), lateral margins of preantennal area convex, frons rounded. Marginal carina broad, narrowing conspicuously near dsms, interrupted submedianly. Dorsal preantennal suture reaches dsms and ads, and continues median to ads, but not completely separating dorsal anterior plate and not reaching lateral head margins. Dorsal anterior plate about as broad as long, with sinuous thickening in posterior half. Ventral anterior plate rounded triangular. Head chaetotaxy as in Fig. 73 . Preantennal nodi large, bulging. Pre- and postocular nodi of similar size. Marginal temporal carina of moderate width. Gular plate with rounded lateral margins converging on median point. Thoracic and abdominal segments as in Figs 66–67 .

Male. Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Fig. 66 ; segment IV with 2 ps on each side. Basal apodeme slender, lateral margins slightly concave in proximal section, bulging markedly in distal section ( Fig. 80 ). Proximal mesosome rounded ( Fig. 80 ), in some specimens slightly narrowed medianly ( Fig. 81 ). Mesosomal lobes narrowed laterally. Gonopore as in Fig. 81 ; distal margin straight to slightly convex, antero-lateral extensions curved, rounded. Parameres with narrow heads; pst1–2 as in Fig. 82 . Measurements as in Table 1 .

Female. Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Fig. 67 ; segments IV–VI with 2 ps on each side. Subgenital plate rounded triangular ( Fig. 70 ). Vulval margin gently rounded, with 0–1 short, slender vms and 4–6 short, thornlike vss on each side; 6–9 slender vos on each side of subgenital plate; distal 2–3 vos positioned median to vss, and markedly longer than vms. Measurements as in Table 1 .

Etymology. The species epithet is derived from Latin “ saucius ” for “ill”, referring to the pale pigmentation of this species.

Type material. Ex Edolisoma montanum montanum : Holotype ♂, Mt. Kaindi , elev. 2250 m, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, 15 Jul. 1967, P.H. Colman, BBM-NG-51201 ( BPBM) . Paratypes: 12♀, same data as holotype ( BBM) ; 3♂, 2♀, same data, except BBM-NG-51202 ( BPBM) ; 3♀, same data except BBM-NG-51203 ( BPBM) ; 1♂, 3♀, Enarotali , Papua Province [as Netherlands New Guinea], Indonesia, 25 Jul. 1962, [H.G.] Clissold, BBM-21439 ( BPBM) .

Figures

FIGURES 66–67. Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) saucia n. sp. ex Edolisoma montanum montanum. 66, male habitus, dorsal and ventral views. 67, female habitus, dorsal and ventral views.

FIGURES 68–70. 68, Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) kamphaengphetensis n. sp. ex Lalage melaschistos avensis, male habitus, dorsal and ventral views. 69, Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) subarcens n. sp. ex Edolisoma melas melas, female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view. 70, Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) saucia n. sp. ex Edolisoma montanum montanum, female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view.

FIGURES 73–82. 73, Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) saucia n. sp. ex Edolisoma montanum montanum, male head, dorsal and ventral views. 74–82. Male Genitalia. Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) kamphaengphetensis n. sp. ex Lalage melaschistos avensis: 74, dorsal view. 75, male mesosome, ventral view. 76, male paramere, dorsal view. Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) subarcens n. sp. ex Edolisoma melas melas: 77, dorsal view. 78, male mesosome, ventral view. 79, male paramere, dorsal view. Indoceoplanetes (Capnodella) saucia n. sp. ex Edolisoma montanum montanum: 80, dorsal view. 81, male mesosome, ventral view. 82, male paramere, dorsal view. Abbreviations: ames = anterior mesosomal seta; gpmes = gonoporal posterior mesosomal seta; lpmes = lateral posterior mesosomal seta; pst1–2 = parameral setae 1–2.