TY - JOUR T1 - Redescriptions and new host records of chewing lice of the genus Ricinus (Phthiraptera: Ricinidae) from the Neotropical Region JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.210.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.5 A1 - MIROSLAV VALAN A1 - Oldřich Sychra A1 - Ivan Literák SP - 179 EP - 189 KW - Chewing lice KW - Costa Rica KW - Honduras KW - new host-louse associations KW - Paraguay KW - Passerines KW - redescriptions AB -

Two species of the chewing louse genus Ricinus are redescribed and illustrated: Ricinus dalgleishi Nelson, 1972 from Helmitheros vermivorum (Gmelin, 1789), a new host-louse association, and Ricinus tanagraephilus Eichler, 1956 from Euphonia laniirostris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837. Also, new host-louse associations are recorded for Ricinus vireoen- sis Nelson, 1972 from Vireo pallens Salvin, 1863, and for females of an unidentified species of Ricinus sp. from Corytho- pis delalandi (Lesson, 1831), which are described and illustrated.

VL - 4154 UR - http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4154.2 IS - 2 JO - Zootaxa ER -