A remarkable new genus and a new species of chewing louse (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae) from Brazil

Autor(es)

Valim, Michel P. ; Cicchino, Armando C.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ZOOKEYS; v. N/A, n. 541, p. 14-pg., 2015-01-01.

Resumo

A new genus of chewing louse as Bobdalgleishia, and its type species Bobdalgleishia stephanophallus sp. n. (Phthiraptera) belonging to the Brueelia-complex (Ischnocera: Philopteridae) are described. Adults of the new species are fully described, illustrated and compared morphologically with the type species of Motmotnirmus Mey & Barker, 2014, which is its closest relative. The type host of B. stephanophallus is a subspecies of the great jacamar Jacamerops aureus ridgwayi Todd, 1943, an endemic Amazonian bird distributed in northern Brazil, and the type locality is the State of Para. Bobdalgleishia is a remarkable genus with unique morphological and chaetotaxic characters which readily separate it from other members of the Brueelia-complex, in particular by having the first two marginal temporal and ocular setae very long. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/11420-5 - Taxonomia, sistemática e diversidade de malófagos (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Amblycera e Ischnocera) em aves (Aves) no Brasil
• Beneficiário: Michel Paiva Valim
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores
• Processo FAPESP: 12/06951-4 - Taxonomia, sistemática e diversidade de malófagos (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Amblycera e Ischnocera) em aves (Aves) no Brasil
• Beneficiário: Michel Paiva Valim
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Jovens Pesquisadores