1. Another puzzle piece in the systematics of the chewing louse genus Myrsidea, with a description of a new genus Apomyrsidea
- Author
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Stanislav Kolencik, Julie M. Allen, and Oldřich Sychra
- Subjects
Systematics ,020209 energy ,Myrsidea ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Family formicariidae ,Morphology (biology) ,02 engineering and technology ,Louse ,phylogeny ,ddc:590 ,Phylogenetics ,Genus ,biology.animal ,Phthiraptera ,morphology ,021105 building & construction ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Animalia ,Passeriformes ,Chordata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Phylogenetic tree ,biology ,Botany ,Formicariidae ,Biodiversity ,Apomyrsidea ,QL1-991 ,Evolutionary biology ,QK1-989 ,Zoology ,Aves - 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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- 2021