Tinamotaecola, Cicchino, Armando C., Valim, Michel P. & González-Acuña, Daniel, 2014

Cicchino, Armando C., Valim, Michel P. & González-Acuña, Daniel, 2014, A review of the louse genus Tinamotaecola (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae sensu lato), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3835 (3), pp. 349-363 : 357

Tinamotaecola zyskowskii Hellenthal, Price & Timm, 2002

( Figs 12 , 16–17 )

Tinamotaecola n. sp.; Cicchino & Castro 1998: 122.

Tinamotaecola zyskowskii Hellenthal et al. 2002: 139 , figs 1, 3, 7. Tinamotaecola zyskowskii ; Price et al. 2003: 244.

Type host. Cariama cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) , the red-legged seriema.

Male: General habitus as in Fig. 12 . Metanotum with 11–12 posterior setae. Tergal setae: segment II 6, III–V 10, VI 7, VII 8, VIII 4. Paratergal setae: II–III 0, IV 1, V–VI 2, VII–VIII 3. Genitalia as in Fig. 16 , with small but conspicuous tubercles on the internal sac ( Fig. 17 ). Body measurements: HL 0.673, POW 0.481, OW 0.558, PL 0.240, PW 0.365, PTL 0.260, PTW 0.519, AL 1.250, AW 0.750, GL 0.510, GW 0.140, TL 2.308.

Female: no female specimen was available for this study.

Remarks. The original description was based on specimens from Paraguay. Cicchino & Castro (1998: 122) noted that this species was found in Argentina, but at the time it was undescribed. All known records of T. zyskowskii on Cariama cristata are shown in Fig. 20 .

Specimens examined. Ex Cariama cristata : 2♂, Departamento Trancas, Provincia Tucumán, Argentina, 28 Mar. 1959 (MLP, ACC).

Figures

FIGURE 20. Geographical ranges of Cariama cristata, Chunga burmeisteri (Cariamidae), Tinamotis spp. and Eudromia spp. (Tinamiformes), showing sites where species of Tinamotaecola were collected from them.

FIGURES 12 – 13. Tinamotaecola zyskowskii: 12, male. Tinamotaecola wardi: 13, female.

FIGURES 14 – 18. Male genitalia: 14, Tinamotaecola andinae; 15, T. nanus; 16, T. zyskowskii. Male internal genital sac: 17, Tinamotaecola zyskowskii. Female vulva: 18, Tinamotaecola wardi.