Another puzzle piece in the systematics of the chewing louse genus Myrsidea, with a description of a new genus Apomyrsidea

  • Stanislav Kolencik Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
  • Oldřich Sychra Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackeho tr. 1946/1, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
  • Julie M. Allen Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.748.1339
Keywords: Phthiraptera, Apomyrsidea, Myrsidea, morphology, phylogeny

Abstract

A new avian chewing louse genus Apomyrsidea gen. nov. is described based on species parasitizing birds in the family Formicariidae. Diagnostic characteristics and phylogenetic analyses were used to evaluate and confirm the generic status and merit its recognition as unique and different from Myrsidea Waterston, 1915. Three species previously belonging to the genus Myrsidea are placed in the new genus Apomyrsidea gen. nov. and are discussed: Apomyrsidea circumsternata (Valim & Weckstein, 2013) gen. et comb. nov., Apomyrsidea isacantha (Valim & Weckstein, 2013) gen. et comb. nov. and Apomyrsidea klimesi (Sychra in Sychra et al., 2006) gen. et comb. nov.

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Published
2021-05-03
How to Cite
Kolencik, S., Sychra, O., & Allen, J. M. (2021). Another puzzle piece in the systematics of the chewing louse genus Myrsidea, with a description of a new genus Apomyrsidea. European Journal of Taxonomy, 748(1), 36-50. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.748.1339
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Vol. 748 (2021)
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