Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) gombakensis, 2019

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Clayton, Dale H. & Bush, Sarah E., 2019, Twelve new species of Guimaraesiella (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from “ babblers ” (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Timaliidae) with a description of a new subgenus and a key to its species, Zootaxa 4543 (4), pp. 451-497 : 454

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) gombakensis species group

Diagnosis: (1) dorsal preantennal suture does not completely separate dorsal anterior plate from main head plate ( Fig. 77 ); (2) aps present on male tergopleurite IV ( Fig. 75 ); (3) mesosome with elongated nodi (EN in Fig. 79 ) distally on each side; (4) mesosomal ventral sclerite absent ( Fig. 79 ); (5) posterior rugose nodi prominent near EN ( Fig. 79 ); (6) female subgenital plate roughly pentagonal ( Fig. 81 ).

Included species

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) gombakensis n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) iuga n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) mcgrewi n. sp.

Figures

FIGURES 77–81. Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) gombakensis n. sp. 77, male head, dorsal and ventral views. 78, male genitalia, dorsal view. 79, male mesosome, ventral view. 80, male paramere, dorsal view. 81, female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view. Abbreviation: EN = elongated nodus.

FIGURES 75–76. Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) gombakensis n. sp. 75, male, whole body, dorsal and ventral views. 76, female, whole body, dorsal and ventral views.