Myrsidea klickai

Price, Roger D., Johnson, Kevin P. & Dalgleish, Robert C., 2008, Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from antshrikes and antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae), Zootaxa 1819, pp. 55-62 : 56

klickai species group

Both sexes of the three species of this group with only 3–4 setae in each aster on sternite II. The male genital sac sclerite ( Fig. 3 ) elongate and slender, 0.075–0.085 long, apically bifurcate, with median dark line and usually with a small process on each side. The female subgenital plate has its posterior margin only lightly spiculate, and the inner terminal setae on tergite IX 0.050–0.100 (mean = 0.075; n = 15) long, inserted 0.020–0.060 (mean = 0.033; n = 20) from base of each very long seta ( Fig. 2 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 4. Myrsidea klickai. 1. Entire dorsoventral male. 2. Female metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 3. Male genital sac sclerite. 4. Male genitalia. 5 – 6. M. milleri. 5. Male genital sac sclerite. 6. Female dorsoventral terminalia.