Myrsidea ridulosa ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899 )

Palma, Ricardo L. & Peck, Stewart B., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands </ strong>, Zootaxa 3627 (1), pp. 1-87 : 23

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scientific name	Myrsidea ridulosa ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899 )
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Myrsidea ridulosa ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) View in CoL

Menopon ridulosum Kellogg & Chapman, 1899: 135 , pl. 9, fig. 4.

Myrsidea ridulosa ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) View in CoL ; Hopkins & Clay 1952: 233.

Myrsidea ridulosa ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) View in CoL ; Palma & Price, 2010: 143, figs 12–16.

Syntypes probably lost ( Palma & Price (2010: 145).

Type host: Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766) .

Galápagos host: Dendroica petechia aureola (Gould, 1839) .

Galápagos localities: Isla Santa Cruz; Isla Floreana.

Galápagos references: Palma & Price (2010); Sari et al. (2012: 3).

Other significant reference: Price et al. (2003: 131, 352).

Material examined: 3 females and 19 nymphs (6 samples, MONZ) .

Remarks: The 22 specimens listed above were collected from six of eight individuals of Dendroica petechia aureola searched for lice during the 1992 Galápagos Expedition. At present, Dendroica petechia is the only host of Myrsidea ridulosa (see Palma & Price 2010: 145).

Genus Osborniella Thompson, 1948

Osborniella Thompson, 1948d View in CoL : Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 12) 1: 53. Type species: Colpocephalum crotophagae Stafford, 1943 View in CoL = Osborniella crotophagae ( Stafford, 1943) View in CoL (by original designation).