<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Myrsidea gularis Price and Dalgleish, new species</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/> </head> <body> <h1> <i>Myrsidea gularis</i> Price and Dalgleish, new species</h1> <p>(Figs. 31–33)</p> <p> <b>Type host</b>. <i>Paroaria gularis</i> (L.), Red-capped Cardinal.</p> <p> <b>Female.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Male (2).</b> 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.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype male (USNM), ex <i>P. gularis</i>, <b>VENEZUELA:</b> Est. Guarico, 40 km S Calaboso, Feb 1985, R.C. Dalgleish. Paratype (USNM): 1 male, same data as holotype.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> Even with the absence of females, the males of <i>M. gularis</i> 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.</p> </body> </html>