TY - JOUR T1 - Descriptions of three congeneric species of chewing lice of the Oxylipeurus-complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, including a new genus and a new species JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2020 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.3.4 A1 - Daniel R Gustafsson A1 - Fasheng Zou SP - 488 EP - 512 KW - congeneric KW - Meleagris gallopavo KW - new genus KW - new species KW - Oxylipeurus-complex KW - redescription KW - Turkey KW - Valimia KW - Valimia necopinata AB -

The lice of the Oxylipeurus-complex parasitising the turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, belong to a previously undescribed genus. In this paper, we describe this genus as Valimia new genus, redescribe two of its species: Lipeurus polytrapezius Burmeister, 1838 and Oxylipeurus corpulentus Clay, 1938, and describe the new species Valimia necopinata, discovered during our examination of samples of the two known species. This occurrence represents the first record of three congeneric species of chewing lice parasitising the same host individual.

VL - 4801 UR - https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4801.3.4 IS - 3 JO - Zootaxa ER -