Picicola serrafreirei Valim and Linardi

Price, Roger D. & Weckstein, Jason D., 2006, Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 1367, pp. 37-50 : 46

Picicola serrafreirei Valim and Linardi

( Figs. 25–27 )

Picicola serrafreirei Valim and Linardi 2006:22 . Type host: Nystalus chacuru (Vieillot) , the Whiteeared Puffbird.

Redescription. Head shaped as in Fig. 25 , with broadly rounded preantennal portion and marginal carina having irregular inner border. Tergites II–VIII ( Fig. 27 ) each with 5–8 tergocentral setae. Inconspicuous pleural thickenings without reentrant heads. Female subgenital plate close to Fig. 5 ; vulval margin with 6–9 short setae on each side, indented slightly medially, and with short seta displaced on each side lateroposterior to this row. Male subgenital plate as in Valim and Linardi (2006: Fig. 7 ); genitalia as in Valim and Linardi (2006: Figs. 5–6 ), with only 2 sensilla on each endomeral arm. Female dimensions: TW, 0.43–0.45; HL, 0.48; CI, 1.07–1.12; PW, 0.26–0.27; MW, 0.39–0.41; AWV, 0.49–0.58; TL, 1.66–1.81. Male dimensions (from Valim and Linardi 2006): TW, 0.33–0.44; HL, 0.43–0.47; CI, 1.07–1.30 (mean=1.13); PW, 0.23–0.26; MW, 0.33–0.38; AWV, 0.37–0.56; GL, 0.22–0.30; TL, 1.30–1.63.

Material. Ex N. chacuru , 1 female ( DNA voucher 1.13.2003.14), BOLIVIA: Dpto. Santa Cruz, Estancia Cambaras, 38 km SW San Matias, 16° 40’ S, 58° 30’ W ( LSUMZ, hosts DFL- 1154 and CCW- 962, 1 August 1999). Ex N. maculatus (J.F. Gmelin) , 1 female ( DNA voucher 1.13.2003.12), BOLIVIA: Dpto. Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, ca. 138 km SW San Matias, 17° 12’ S, 59° 20’ W ( LSUMZ, DGC- 506, 21 July 1999).

Remarks. This species is unique among the Picicola found on the jacamars and puffbirds by having at least five tergocentral setae on all of abdominal tergites II–VIII. The absence of conspicuous pleural thickenings also supports this separation.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 27. 14, Picicola naokii, male genitalia. 15 – 18, P. osheai. 15, Female head outline. 16, Male tergites VIII – IX. 17, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 18, Male genitalia. 19 – 21, P. faucetti. 19, Male tergites VIII – IX. 20, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 21, Male genitalia. 22 – 24, P. oneilli. 22, Male tergites VIII – IX. 23, Male subgenital plate. 24, Male genitalia. 25 – 27, P. serrafreirei. 25, Female head outline. 26, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 27, Dorsal female abdomen.

FIGURES 1 – 13. 1 – 6, Picicola striata. 1, Entire dorsoventral male. 2, Dorsoventral female terminal segments. 3, Male tergites VIII – IX. 4, Female head outline. 5, Female subgenital plate and vulval margin. 6, Male subgenital plate. 7 – 8, P. galbulica. 7, Female head outline. 8, Male genitalia. 9 – 11, P. v a l q u i i. 9, Female head outline. 10, Male subgenital plate. 11, Male genitalia. 12 – 13, P. naokii. 12, Female head outline. 13, Male subgenital plate.