@article {kounek2011chewing, title = {Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae, and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3032}, year = {2011}, pages = {1{\textendash}16}, abstract = {

A total of 376 individuals of 35 bird species belonging to the families Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae, and
Thraupidae were examined for chewing lice in Costa Rica in 2004, 2009 and 2010. A total of 128 birds of 19 species were
parasitised with 17 species of Myrsidea. Descriptions and illustrations are given for four new species of Myrsidea. These
new species and their type hosts are: Myrsidea bidentata ex Piranga bidentata (Cardinalidae), M. dolejskae ex Arremon
brunneinucha (Emberizidae), M. roubalovae ex Ramphocelus sanguinolentus (Thraupidae), and M. rubica ex Habia rubica
(Cardinalidae). Records of new host-louse associations are: Chlorospingus ophthalmicus (Emberizidae) and Euphonia
hirundinacea (Fringillidae) for M. violaceae, Ramphocelus costaricensis (Thraupidae) for M. fusca, and Tangara
dowii (Thraupidae) for M. bonariensis. Records of ten other louse species of the genus Myrsidea from birds belonging to
these families are also presented and discussed.

}, keywords = {Amblycera, buntings, Costa Rica, euphonias, grosbeaks, Menoponidae, Myrsidea, new host-louse associations, new species, Passeriformes, Phthiraptera, tanagers}, url = {http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03032p016.pdf}, author = {KOUNEK, FILIP and Old{\v r}ich Sychra and M. {\v C}apek and Lipkova, Alexandra and Ivan Liter{\'a}k} } @article {kounek2013chewing, title = {Chewing lice of genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from Turdidae (Passeriformes) of Costa Rica, with descriptions of seven new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3620}, number = {2}, year = {2013}, pages = {201{\textendash}222}, abstract = {

A total of 166 individuals from 10 bird species belonging to the family Turdidae were examined for chewing lice in Costa
Rica during 2004, 2009 and 2010. A total of 12 species of the louse genus Myrsidea were collected from 54 birds,
including four previously named, seven new undescribed species, and one identified as Myrsidea sp. Names, descriptions
and illustrations are given for the seven new species of Myrsidea. They and their type hosts are: Myrsidea assimilis sp.
nov. ex Turdus assimilis (Cabanis, 1850), M. cerrodelamuertensis sp. nov. ex Catharus gracilirostris (Salvin, 1865), M.
hrabaki sp. nov. ex Myadestes melanops (Salvin, 1865), M. obsoleti sp. nov. ex Turdus obsoletus (Lawrence, 1862), M.
quinchoi sp. nov. ex Catharus frantzii (Cabanis, 1861), M. tapanti sp. nov. ex Catharus fuscater (Lafresnaye, 1845), and
M. tapetapersi sp. nov. ex Turdus nigrescens (Cabanis, 1861). Records of four named and one unidentified species of
Myrsidea from other Costa Rican thrushes are also given and discussed

}, keywords = {Amblycera, Catharus, Costa Rica, Myadestes, Myrsidea, new host-louse associations, new species, population dynamics, Turdidae, Turdus}, url = {http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03620p222.pdf}, author = {KOUNEK, FILIP and Old{\v r}ich Sychra and M. {\v C}apek and Ivan Liter{\'a}k} } @article {kounek2011chewing, title = {Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) from Costa Rica, with description of four new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3137}, year = {2011}, month = { 20 Dec. 2011}, pages = {56{\textendash}63}, abstract = {

Four new species of chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea parasitic on members of the avian family Parulidae are described.
They and their type hosts are: Myrsidea basileuteri ex Basileuterus rufifrons, M. myiobori ex Myioborus miniatus, M.
paleno ex Parkesia motacilla and M. zeledoni ex Phaeothlypis fulvicauda. Records of undescribed Myrsidea representing
new louse-host associations for Basileuterus tristriatus and Parula pitiayumi are also discussed.

}, keywords = {Amblycera, Costa Rica, lice, Menoponidae, Myrsidea, new host-louse associations, new species, Parulidae}, url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/zt03137p063_2.pdf}, author = {KOUNEK, FILIP and Old{\v r}ich Sychra and M. {\v C}apek and Ivan Liter{\'a}k} } @article {47154, title = {Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from typical antbirds and ground antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Formicaphagus and Myrsidea}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1206}, year = {2006}, note = {46260}, month = {2006}, pages = {47 - 61}, abstract = {

Descriptions and illustrations are given for one new species of Formicaphagus Carriker, 1957 and two new species of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 from typical antbirds and ground antbirds from Costa Rica. They and their type hosts are: Formicaphagus tyrannina ex Cercomacra tyrannina (Thamnophilidae), Myrsidea mcleannani ex Phaenostictus mcleannani (Thamnophilidae) and Myrsidea klimesi ex Formicarius analis (Formicariidae). These are the first records of Myrsidea from members of the passerine families Thamnophilidae and Formicariidae. Records of two other known louse species, one of Formicaphagus and one of Machaerilaemus Harrison, 1915, both from thamnophilid hosts, are also discussed.

}, keywords = {Chewing lice, Costa Rica, Formicaphagus, Formicariidae, Machaerilaemus, Myrsidea, Passeriformes, Phthiraptera, Thamnophilidae}, url = {http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01206p061f.pdf}, author = {Old{\v r}ich Sychra and Ivan Liter{\'a}k and M. {\v C}apek and Havl{\'\i}cek,Martin} }