Myrsidea eisentrauti Klockenhoff, 1982

Halajian, Ali, Sychra, Oldrich, Luus-Powell, Wilmien & Engelbrecht, Derek, 2012, Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in South Africa, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3442, pp. 58-68 : 62

Myrsidea eisentrauti Klockenhoff, 1982

Myrsidea eisentrauti Klockenhoff, 1982 : Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 33: 407. Type host: Sporopipes squamifrons (Smith)

Material studied. 2 females (A. Halajian SA08–09), ex Sporopipes squamifrons (Ploceidae) , South Africa: Polokwane Game Reserve, Polokwane, Limpopo Province (23°58'S, 29°28'E; 1312 m.a.s.l.), 10–11 February 2012, Halajian leg. Deposited in DBUL.

Remarks. Our specimens differ from the original description presented by Klockenhoff (1982) by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by Klockenhoff (1982) are in parentheses]:

Female (n = 2). Length of DHS 10, 0.050–0.055; DHS 11, 0.095; ratio10/11, 0.53–0.58.

Tergal setae, with median gap in each row (quite small on tergites I–III). However, in the original drawing by Klockenhoff (1982: fig 1), there are no gaps in the rows of setae in the tergites. Tergite I: 14 (16–19). Postspiracular setae extremely long, 0.45–0.52, on II, IV, VI, VII and VIII and long, 0.30–0.40, on I, III and V. Sternal setae: II, 3 (7–11) anterior; III, 37–48 (47–76); IV, 45–69 (52–96); VII, 7–8 (8–11); VIII–IX, 9–10 (14–18); including 1–2 medioanterior setae on sternites IV–VI. Dimensions: TW, 0.46–0.47 (0.47–0.50); POW, 0.35–0.36; HL, 0.34 (0.37–0.40); MW, 0.48–0.50 (0.52–0.55); AW, 0.79–0.80 (0.82–0.91); ANW, 0.16–0.17; TL, 2.15–2.20 (2.30– 2.47).