Microscelis palmai

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 : 14

palmai species group

The 2 species of this group are characterized by the male genital sac sclerite being of an unusual type ( Figs. 17, 18 ) and the female with a pronounced enlargement of the metanotum or an abdominal tergite ( Figs. 16, 19 ). Additional features are the gula with 5 (much less often 4 or 6) setae on each side, female metanotum with 8–12 marginal setae and male with 6–10, metasternum with 6–8 setae, postspiracular setae shorter on III and V–VI than on other segments, and tergite I with 9–14 marginal setae.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 19. 16 – 18, Myrsidea palmai. 16, Female metanotal margin and dorsoventral abdomen. 17, Male genitalia. 18, Male genital sac sclerite. 19, M. claytoni female metanotal margin and dorsoventral abdomen.