Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Myrsidea gularis Price and Dalgleish, new species

Description

Myrsidea gularis Price and Dalgleish, new species

(Figs. 31–33)

Type host. Paroaria gularis (L.), Red-capped Cardinal.

Female. Unknown.

Male (2). Gula with 5 setae on each side. Metanotum with 8–9 marginal setae; metasternal plate with 6–7 setae. Tergal setae, without median gap in rows (Fig. 31): I, 14–16; II, 19–22; III–VI, 20–25; VII, 17–22; VIII, 13. Postspiracular setae long on V–VI (0.13–0.14), very long on VII (0.28–0.35). Sternal setae: II, 4 in each aster, 20–25 marginal between asters, 14 anterior (Fig. 32); III, 30–31; IV, 41–47; V, 39–52; VI, 37–45; VII, 29–32; VIII, 21. Genital sac sclerite as in Fig. 33, with very broad dark line, slightly indented apex, and no evidence of lateral subapical projections. Dimensions: TW, 0.42; HL and PW, 0.29–0.30; MW, 0.39; AWIV, 0.47–0.49; GL, 0.41; TL, 1.26–1.29.

Type material. Holotype male (USNM), ex P. gularis, VENEZUELA: Est. Guarico, 40 km S Calaboso, Feb 1985, R.C. Dalgleish. Paratype (USNM): 1 male, same data as holotype.

Remarks. Even with the absence of females, the males of M. gularis are separable from others of the group by the numbers of setae on abdominal tergites and sternites, especially tergites I and VII–VIII and sternites II–IV and VIII.

Notes

Published as part of Price, Roger D. & Dalgleish, Robert C., 2007, Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Emberizidae (Passeriformes), with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 1467 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176595

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Biodiversity

Family
Menoponidae
Genus
Myrsidea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phthiraptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Price and Dalgleish
Species
gularis
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Myrsidea gularis Price & Dalgleish, 2007