Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) tenella, 2019

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Clayton, Dale H. & Bush, Sarah E., 2019, Twelve new species of Guimaraesiella (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from “ babblers ” (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Timaliidae) with a description of a new subgenus and a key to its species, Zootaxa 4543 (4), pp. 451-497 : 454-455

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) tenella species group

Diagnosis: (1) dorsal preantennal suture completely separates dorsal anterior plate from main head plate ( Fig. 99 ); (2) aps absent on male tergopleurite IV ( Fig. 97 ); (3) mesosome with arched distal nodi (AN in Fig. 101 ) distally on each side; (4) mesosomal ventral sclerite present and protruding beyond anterior margin of mesosome ( Fig. 101 ); (5) posterior rugose nodi present lateral to AN ( Fig. 101 ); (6) female subgenital plate as in Fig. 103 .

Included species

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) tenella n. sp.

Figures

FIGURES 99–103. Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) tenella n. sp. 99, male head, dorsal and ventral views. 100, male genitalia, dorsal view. 101, male mesosome, ventral view. 102, male paramere, dorsal view. 103, female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view. Abbreviation: AN = arched nodus.

FIGURES 97–98. Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) tenella n. sp. 97, male, whole body, dorsal and ventral views. 98, female, whole body, dorsal and ventral views.