Ardeicola plataleae ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Shimada, Megumi & Yoshizawa, Kazunori, 2019, New records of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from the black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor), Zootaxa 4612 (1), pp. 133-137 : 134

Ardeicola plataleae ( Linnaeus, 1758)

( Figs 1e,f ; 2b )

Specimens examined. 1♂ ( SEHU #94207 ) and 2♀ ( SEHU #94205 , # 94206 ) each mounted on a slide ; 1♀ stored in alcohol ( SEHU) .

Diagnosis. Ardeicola plataleae can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: Head: first segment of male antennae thickened and elongated as in Fig. 1e . Abdomen: in females, abdominal segment IV as long as segment V. Male genitalia: parameres long and sinuated, mesosome and other sclerites as in Fig. 2b .

Remarks. The identification of A. plataleae was based on the descriptions of Büttiker (1967: 197), Hajela & Tandan (1970: 325) and Martín-Mateo (1994: 110) for general morphology, and the figures of Martín-Mateo (1994: 111, figs 1e,f) for the genitalia of both sexes. Ardeicola plataleae has been recorded from Platalea leucorodia and P. regia ( Price et al. 2003: 149) . Our sample of A. plataleae from P. minor is the first record from this host.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus: a, male Ibidoecus plataleae. b, female I. plataleae. c, male Eucolpocephalum femorale. d, female E. femorale. e, male Ardeicola plataleae. f, female A. plataleae.

FIGURE 2. Male genitalia: a, Ibidoecus plataleae. b, Ardeicola plataleae. c, Eucolpocephalum femorale.