Myrsidea brunneinuchi Price and Dalgleish, 2007

Kounek, Filip, Sychra, Oldrich, Capek, Miroslav, Lipkova, Alexandra & Literak, Ivan, 2011, Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 3032, pp. 1-16 : 6

Myrsidea brunneinuchi Price and Dalgleish, 2007

Myrsidea brunneinuchi Price and Dalgleish, 2007: 8 , Figs. 26–30. Type host: Arremon brunneinucha (Lafresnaye) —Chestnutcapped Brush-Finch

Material studied. 5 females and 5 males, ex Arremon brunneinucha (Emberizidae) , COSTA RICA: Tapanti National Park, Sector Tapanti (09°46’N, 83°47’W; 1200m), 3 August 2009, Sychra and Literak leg. Deposited in INBio (O.Sychra CR109–111) and MZM (O.Sychra CR112–113).

Remarks. Our specimens differ from the description of M. brunneinuchi presented by Price and Dalgleish (2007) by setal counts and dimensions as follows [setal counts and dimensions mentioned by Price and Dalgleish (2007) are in parentheses]:

Female (n = 5). Length of head seta 10, 0.030–0.035; seta 11, 0.110–0.125; ratio10/11, 0.24-0.32.

Metasternal plate with 9–10 (11–13) setae; metanotal marginal setae, 13–19 (14–16). Tergal setae: I, 21–25 (16–19); II, 21–25 (17–20); III, 31–37 (24–29); IV, 36–37 (29–33); V, 41–42 (34–40); VI, 37–43 (33–36); VII, 43 (35–39); VIII, 29 (25–27). Sternal setae: II, 23 (19–22) marginal between asters, 25–26 (27–31) anterior; IV, 40–41 (31–38); V, 46 (37–43); VII, 40 (32–38); VIII–IX, 50 (36–48); without medioanterior setae.

Male (n = 5). Metasternal plate with 8 (10–12) setae; metanotal marginal setae, 13 (15–20). Tergal setae: I, 22– 26 (22–25); II, 28–29 (26–27); V, 35–36 (28–34); VI, 38 (28–34); VIII, 17–26 (19–24). Sternal setae: II, 16–19 (18–21) marginal between asters, 23–25 (24–30) anterior; III, 33–45 (37–47); IV, 39–45 (42–53); V, 38–51 (44– 59); VI, 42–44 (49–51); VII, 36–42 (42–46); VIII, 27–29 (29–35); including medioanterior setae: III, 4–9; IV, 2–8; V, 2–12; VI, 5–8; VII, 10. Dimensions: TW, 0.43–0.44 (0.44–0.45); HL, 0.28–0.31 (0.29–0.32); PW, 0.27–0.30 (0.27–0.29); MW, 0.37–0.40 (0.37–0.39); TL, 1.24–1.25 (1.28–1.34).