Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (PhthirAptera: Menoponidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species
OLDRICH SYCHRA MIROSLAV CAPEK IVAN LITERAK FILIP KOUNEK
Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (PhthirAptera: Menoponidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species
1. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho 1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
2. Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. L, Kvetna 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Abstract
Four new species of chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea parasitic on members of the avian family Parulidae are described. They and their type hosts are: Myrsidea basileuteri ex Basileuterus rufifrons, M. myiobori ex Myioborus miniatus, M. paleno ex Parkesia motacilla and M. zeledoni exPhaeothlypisfulvicauda. Records of undescribed Myrsidea representing new louse-host associations for Basileuterus tristriatus and Parula pitiayumi are also discussed.
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