Reticulipeurus mesopelios (Clay, 1938)

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Lei, Lujia, Chu, Xingzhi & Zou, Fasheng, 2020, Review of Chinese species of the Oxylipeurus - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), with descriptions of two new genera and five new species, Zootaxa 4742 (2), pp. 201-255 : 217

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Reticulipeurus mesopelios
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Reticulipeurus mesopelios (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866)

( Figs 5–6 View FIGURES 5–6 , 24 View FIGURES 21–24 , 42–44 View FIGURES 33–44 , 70 View FIGURES 69–70 , 79 View FIGURES 79–81 )

Lipeurus mesopelias Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1861: 307. Nomen nudum.

Lipeurus mesopelios Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866: 379.

Oxylipeurus mesopelios mesopelios ( Giebel, 1866) ; Clay 1938: 174.

Oxylipeurus mesopelios (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 258.

Reticulipeurus mesopelios ; Kéler 1958: 332.

Oxylipeurus mesopelios (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866); Price et al. 2003: 204.

Type host. Chrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus, 1758) —golden pheasant.

Type locality. None given, but both known hosts are endemic to China, and common in captivity elsewhere. The type locality may be in Germany, from a captive bird .

Other host. Chrysolophus amherstiae (Leadbeater, 1829) —Lady Amherst’s pheasant.

Description.

Both sexes. Head slender, frons narrowly rounded ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 5–6 ). Marginal carina narrow. Dorsal preantennal suture extends only slightly lateral to ads. Head chaetotaxy as in Fig. 5 View FIGURES 5–6 . Lateral margins of postantennal head more or less parallel. Thoracic and abdominal plates and chaetotaxy as in Figs 5–6 View FIGURES 5–6 . Reticulation not visible, or limited to lateral margins of tergopleurites.

Male. Antennae as in Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21–24 ; tooth-like projection of scape not prominent; flagellomere I with restricted rugose area. Accessory sternal plates present on segment VIII ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 79–81 ). Stylus short, spatulate ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 79–81 ). Basal apodeme slender ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 33–44 ). Mesosome small, distal section almost rectangular, rugose area broadening slightly laterally; antero-lateral hooks slender. Gonopore short ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 33–44 ). Ventral sclerite with concave anterior margin, lateral ends expanding; with two pores submedianly and one pore laterally on each side on posterior margin. Parameres more or less straight, parameral head small; pst1–2 both near apical end. Measurements as in Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Female. Tergopleurites IX+X and XI separate ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 5–6 ). Subgenital plate seemingly medianly continuous, but diffuse ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 69–70 ). Vulval margin deeply and broadly concave, with 10–15 setae marginally on each side. Posterior lobes of abdomen short ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 69–70 ). Subvulval plates narrowing proximally, not reaching vulval margin. Measurements as in Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Non-type material examined. Ex Chrysolophus pictus : 1♂, China, Nov. 1901, R. Meinertzhagen, 4427, NHMUK010682503 About NHMUK ( NHML). Ex Chrysolophus amherstiae : 3♂, 12♀, Tibet [ China], Apr. 1911, R . Meinertzhagen, 4428, NHMUK010682501–2 About NHMUK ( NHML) .

Remarks. The male from the type host that we have examined is the same described by Clay (1938), which was compared with the type by S. von Kéler ( Clay 1938: 175). There are slight differences in the shape of the head and the mesosome between males from the two hosts but, considering the small available samples, these differences may be due to individual variation. Without more males from both hosts and females from the type host, we cannot confirm that the two populations belong to the same species. Therefore, we follow Clay (1938) in regarding them as conspecific.

NHML

Natural History Museum, Tripoli

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

Family

Philopteridae

Genus

Reticulipeurus

Loc

Reticulipeurus mesopelios

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Lei, Lujia, Chu, Xingzhi & Zou, Fasheng 2020
2020
Loc

Oxylipeurus mesopelios

Price, R. D. & Hellenthal, R. A. & Palma, R. L. & Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. 2003: 204
2003
Loc

Reticulipeurus mesopelios

Keler, S. von 1958: 332
1958
Loc

Oxylipeurus mesopelios

Hopkins, G. H. E. & Clay, T. 1952: 258
1952
Loc

Oxylipeurus mesopelios mesopelios ( Giebel, 1866 )

Clay, T. 1938: 174
1938
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