TY - JOUR T1 - Four new species of Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from Chinese babblers (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Paradoxornithidae, Timaliidae) JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2020 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.4 A1 - Lujia Lei A1 - Xingzhi Chu A1 - Bilal Dik A1 - Fasheng Zou A1 - Haitao WANG A1 - Daniel R Gustafsson SP - 103 EP - 128 KW - babblers KW - China KW - Leiothrichidae KW - Myrsidea attenuata n. sp. KW - Myrsidea liopari n. sp. KW - Myrsidea suthorae n. sp. KW - Myrsidea zhangae n. sp. KW - new species KW - Paradoxornithidae KW - Timaliidae AB -

Four new species of amblyceran chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 are described from hosts of the babbler families Leiothrichidae, Paradoxornithidae and Timaliidae in China. They are: Myrsidea attenuata n. sp. from Garrulax maesi maesi (Oustalet, 1890), Myrsidea zhangae n. sp. from Ianthocincla berthemyi (Oustalet, 1876), Myrsidea liopari n. sp. from Lioparus chrysotis amoenus (Mayr, 1941) and L. chrysotis swinhoii (Verreaux, 1871), and Myrsidea suthorae n. sp. from Suthora verreauxi verreauxi Sharpe, 1883. A checklist of host-louse associations for identified and unidentified Myrsidea species known from babblers is provided.

VL - 4878 UR - https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4878.1.4 IS - 1 JO - Zootaxa ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) of the Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus in China JF - Wader Study Y1 - 2019 DO - 10.18194/ws.00161 A1 - Daniel R Gustafsson A1 - Lujia Lei A1 - Xingzhi Chu A1 - Xuebing Zhao A1 - Fasheng Zou SP - 217 EP - 227 KW - new hosts KW - new location KW - redescription AB -

Two species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera) were collected from seven Grey- headed Lapwings Vanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842), caught in Jinshanyakou, Yunnan Province, China. They are Actornithophilus hoplopteri (MjoĢˆberg, 1910a) and Quadra- ceps sinensis Timmermann, 1954a. Both species represent new records for China and V. cinereus represents a new host record for A. hoplopteri. As neither species has previously been adequately described, we here present illustrations and descriptions of both species, as well as short notes on the microhabitat of both species.

VL - 126 UR - https://www.waderstudygroup.org/article/13056/ IS - 3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New Genus and Two New Species of Chewing Lice from Southeast Asian Trogons (Aves: Trogoniformes), with a Revised Key to the Philopterus-complex JF - Acta Parasitologica Y1 - 2019 DO - 10.2478/s11686-018-00011-x A1 - Daniel R Gustafsson A1 - Lujia Lei A1 - Xingzhi Chu A1 - Fasheng Zou A1 - Sarah E. Bush SP - 86 EP - 102 KW - new genus KW - new species KW - Philopterus-complex AB -

Purpose To describe a new genus and two new species of chewing lice from Southeast Asian trogons (Trogoniformes). These lice belong in the Philopterus-complex.
Methods Slide-mounted lice were examined in a light microscope, illustrated by means of a drawing tube, and described using standard procedures.
Results The new genus and species were successfully described.
Conclusions The genus Vinceopterus n. gen. is described from two species of Southeast Asian trogons (Trogoniformes: Harpactes). It presently comprises two species: Vinceopterus erythrocephali n. sp. from three subspecies of the Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus (Gould, 1834), and Vinceopterus mindanensis n. sp. from two subspecies of the Philippine Trogon Harpactes ardens (Temminck, 1826). Vinceopterus belongs to the Philopterus-complex, and thus likely constitutes a genus of head lice. Vinceopterus is the second new genus of chewing lice discovered on Southeast Asian trogons in recent years, the first genus of presumed head lice on trogons worldwide, and the fifth genus of chewing lice known from trogons globally. A translated and revised key to the Philopterus-complex is provided, as well as notes on the various chewing lice genera known from trogons.

VL - 64 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.2478/s11686-018-00011-x IS - 1 JO - Acta Parasit. ER -