New records of Philopterus (Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Acrocephalidae and Locustellidae, with description of one new species from Regulidae

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2020
Authors:T. Najer, Papoušek, I., Adam, C., Trnka, A., Quach, V. Thi, Nguyen, C. _N., Figura, R., Literák, I., Sychra, O.
Journal:European Journal of Taxonomy
Issue:632
Pagination:37 pp
Type of Article:Open Access
ISSN:2118 - 9773
Keywords:Acrocephalus luscinius, Chewing lice, Iduna aedon rufescens, kinglets, new species, Passeriforme, Philopterus gustafssoni, reed warblers
Abstract:

One species of the louse genus Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818 is redescribed and illustrated: Philopterus acrocephalus Carriker, 1949 ex Acrocephalus luscinius (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830), A. melanopogon (Temminck, 1823), A. scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804), A. schoenobaenus (Linnaeus, 1758), Iduna aedon rufescens Stegmann, 1929, I. rama (Sykes, 1832), Locustella sp. and L. ochotensis (von Middendorff, 1853). Philopterus acrocephalus represents the first species of the Philopterus-complex recorded in the family Locustellidae Bonaparte, 1854. Philopterus gustafssoni sp. nov. is described ex Regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758), R. regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758), R. regulus azoricus Seebohm, 1883, R. regulus buturlini von Loudon, 1911, R. regulus sanctaemariae Vaurie, 1954, R. regulus tristis Pleske, 1892 and R. ignicapillus (Temminck, 1820). Descriptions of both species are amended with genetic data, DNA sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I, nuclear hyp and TMEDE6; concatenated sequences are compared to the morphologically nearest species with genetic data available, Philopterus citrinellae (Schrank, 1776) and Philopterus fringillae (Scopoli, 1772). Holotype of Philopterus reguli (Denny, 1842) is pronounced to be a straggler, determination of other known material from Regulidae is changed for Philopterus gustafssoni sp. nov.

 A response to this publication : Mey (2020), Notes on the descriptions of some Philopterus species (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae s. l.) of Reed warblers (Acrocephalidae), Kinglets (Regulidae) and Tits (Paridae): a response, VERNATE vol 39; 153-167 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347388567_Notes_on_the_descript... or http://phthiraptera.info/node/95393

URL:https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/911
DOI:10.5852/ejt.2020.632
Short Title:EJT
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