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

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2015
Authors:M. Paiva Valim, Cicchino A. Conrado
Journal:ZooKeys
Volume:541
Pagination:57 - 70
Date Published:Jan-12-2015
ISSN:1313-2989
Keywords:Bobdalgleishia, Brueelia-complex, Galbulidae, Jacamar, Neotropical, new genus, new species
Abstract:

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 dis- tributed in northern Brazil, and the type locality is the State of Pará. 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.

URL:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6022
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.541.6022
Short Title:ZK
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