Myrsidea plumosi Hellenthal and Price

Hellenthal, Ronald A. & Price, Roger D., 2003, The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from bulbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 16 new species, Zootaxa 354, pp. 1-20 : 10-11

Myrsidea plumosi Hellenthal and Price , new species ( Fig. 10 )

Type host. Pycnonotus plumosus Blyth.

Male (20). Much as in Fig. 1 . Tergal setae: II, 8–11; III–V, 11 –16; VI, 10–13; VII, 8– 12; VIII, 8–11. Sternal setae: III, 8–15; IV, 24–39; V, 26–45; VI, 19–35; VII, 8–19; VIII, 4–5 ( Fig. 2 : arrow). Genitalia as in Fig. 4 , but with genital sac sclerite as in Fig. 10 . Dimensions: TW, 0.41–0.44; HL, 0.27–0.31; PW, 0.24–0.28; MW, 0.34–0.39; AWIV, 0.44–0.51; LSVII, 0.18–0.28; TL, 1.11–1.26; GL, 0.35–0.39; GSW, 0.026–0.036.

Female (18). Abdomen much as in Fig. 3 . Tergal setae: II, 10–14; III–IV, 13–20; V– VI, 12–17; VII, 9–14; VIII, 10–16. Sternal setae: III, 14–22; IV–V, 3 3 –45; VI, 26–36; VII, 9–14; VIII, 16–24. Anal fringe with 33–42 ventral, 31–43 dorsal setae. Dimensions: TW, 0.47–0.50; HL, 0.30–0.33; PW, 0.28–0.32; MW, 0.41–0.47; AWIV, 0.59–0.67; LSVII, 0.22–0.35; ANW, 0.22–0.26; TL, 1.43–1.64.

Type material. Ex P. plumosus , the Olive­winged Bulbul, holotype male, R. Panjang, MALAYA, 22 Dec. 1961, M­00780. Paratypes, all ex P. plumosus in MALAYA: 1 male, 1 female, same as holotype; 27 males, 26 females, same except 1 Dec. 1961 ­ 22 Nov. 1962, M­00568 to M­01926 (22 collections).

Other material. Ex P. melanicterus (J. F. Gmelin) , the Black­crested Bulbul, 9 males, 9 females, THAILAND (11 collections). Ex P. brunneus Blyth , the Red­eyed Bulbul, 4 males, 2 females, MALAYA (3 collections). Ex P. s i m p l e x Lesson, the Cream­vented Bulbul, 2 males, 2 females, MALAYA (3 collections).

Remarks. The shape of the genital sac sclerite and the large dimensions separate the male of this species from others of the group. The female apparently is inseparable from those of M. phillipsi and M. gieferi other than by host association, with those of M. plumosi being found only in Thailand and Malaya and those of the other 2 species found primarily in the Philippines.

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 15. 8, Myrsidea kathleenae male genital sac sclerite. 9, M. warwicki female metanotal margin and dorsoventral abdomen. 10 – 14, Male genital sac sclerite. 10, M. plumosi. 11, M. adamsae. 12, M. ochracei. 13, M. borbonici. 14, M. johnsoni. 15, M. palmai male metanotal margin and dorsoventral abdomen.

FIGURES 1 – 7. 1 – 5, Myrsidea pycnonoti. 1, Dorsoventral male. 2, Ventral male terminalia. 3, Female metanotal margin and dorsoventral abdomen. 4, Male genitalia. 5, Male genital sac sclerite. 6, M. phillipsi male genital sac sclerite. 7, M. gieferi male ventral terminalia.