Myrsidea spizae Price & Dalgleish, 2006
Price & Dalgleish, 2006 : 20
Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from buntings, cardinals and tanagers (Passeriformes: Emberizidae, Cardinalidae, Thraupidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of two new species of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae)
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Zootaxa
2007
1631
57
68
5LDRL
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye
[227,828,391,417]
Aves
Thraupidae
Tachyphonus
Animalia
Passeriformes
7
64
Chordata
species
luctuosus
Two louse species were found on this host: Ricinussp.
Material studied. 2 femalesand 1 nymph ex Tachyphonus luctuosus, COSTA RICA: Barbilla NP, Provincia Limỏn ( 9°59’N, 85°27’W), 5 September 2004, Literák, Č apek & Havlίček coll. Deposited in INBio– O. Sychra CR73–74.
Remarks.One of two birds examined was parasitised by Ricinussp. This and the next species are the first records of chewing lice from Tachyphonus luctuosus.
Myrsidea spizae Price & Dalgleish, 2006 Myrsidea spizae Price & Dalgleish, 2006: 20, figs 28–29.
Typehost. Chlorophanes spiza(Linnaeus)
Female(2). Mean length of head seta 10, 0.041 (n=3); seta 11, 0.092 (n=3); ratio10/11, 0.45. Metasternal plate with 6 setae. Tergal setae: I, 11–12; II, 13–15; III, 13–16; IV, 14; V, 11–13; VI, 10–11; VII, 11; VIII, 9. Postspiracular setae extremely long on II, IV, VII and VIII (0.40–0.46), long on I (0.27) and shorter on III and V–VI (0.16–0.20). Sternal setae: II, 4–5 medioanterior, 14 marginal and aster of 3–4 robust setae on each side; III, 22–26; IV, 32–35; V, 35–37; VI, 30–31; VII, 13–15; VIII–IX, 19–22. Dimensions: TW, 0.46–0.47; HL, 0.31–0.32; PW, 0.27–0.29; MW, 0.43–0.44; AWIV, 0.55–0.59; TL, 1.41–1.47; ANW, 0.22–0.23.
Material studied. 2 femalesand 2 nymphs ex Tachyphonus luctuosus, COSTA RICA: Barbilla NP, Provincia Limỏn ( 9°59’N, 85°27’W), 11 September 2004, Literák, Č apek & Havlίček coll. Deposited in INBio– O. Sychra CR69.
Remarks.One of two birds examined was parasitised by M. spizae.