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

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

Authors :
Stanislav Kolencik
Oldřich Sychra
Julie M. Allen
Source :
European Journal of Taxonomy, Vol 748, Iss 1 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Consortium of European Natural History Museums, 2021.

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21189773
Volume :
748
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
European Journal of Taxonomy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7b8b5ce790414a853669c2b099961a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.748.1339