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IMMATURE STAGES OF CHEWING LICE (INSECTA: PHTHIRAPTERA) FROM NEOTROPICAL ICTERIDAE (AVES: PASSERIFORMES), AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES

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Author(s):
Valim, Michel P. [1] ; Cicchino, Armando C. [2]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museum Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Nacl Mar del Plata, INBIOTEC CONICET UNMdP, Lab Artropodos, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires - Argentina
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: ANNALES ZOOLOGICI; v. 65, n. 3, p. 491-521, SEP 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

A morphological study of six little known or undescribed species of chewing lice parasitic on cowbirds (Icteridae) is given, based on a holistic approach which includes descriptions of the pre-imaginal stages. Both sexes, the last two nymphal stages and eggs of the new species Myrsidea amblyramphidis (Amblycera: Menoponidae) are described and illustrated (type host: Amblyramphus holosericeus (Scopoli)). Also, the male with all pre-imaginal stages (including hatching organ of nymph, egg and the three nymphal stages) of Menacanthus leistidis Cicchino, 1984 from Leistes superciliaris (Bonaparte) is described for the first time and the female is redescribed; a discussion of the morphological affinities with its closest species, M. sturnellae Price, 1977 is included. Among the Ischnocera (Philopteridae s.l.), both sexes and the last pre-imaginal stages of two incompletely known species of Brueelia Keler, 1936, B. mirabile Carriker, 1963 from Molothrus o. oryzivorus (Gmelin), and B. oxypyga (Giebel, 1874) from A. holosericeus are described. Furthermore, two new species of Brueelia, B. chopi from Gnorimopsar chopi (Vieillot), and B. paradoxa from Leistes superciliaris are described from both sexes and their last two pre-imaginal stages, and eggs. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/06951-4 - Taxonomy, systematics and diversity of the chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Amblycera and Ischnocera) on birds (Aves) in Brazil
Grantee:Michel Paiva Valim
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Young Researchers
FAPESP's process: 11/11420-5 - Taxonomy, systematics and diversity of the chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Amblycera and Ischnocera) on birds (Aves) in Brazil
Grantee:Michel Paiva Valim
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants