Myrsidea bonariensis, Malcomson, 1929

Price, Roger D. & Dalgleish, Robert C., 2006, Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), with descriptions of 18 new species, Zootaxa 1174, pp. 1-25 : 3

bonariensis species group

The 11 species of this group are characterized as having both sexes with a majority if not all of the abdominal segments with a continuous row of tergal setae across each segment ( Figs. 1 or 4–6), without well­defined median gap in these rows.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. 1–4, Myrsidea laciniaesternata. 1, Entire dorsoventral male. 2, Male genitalia. 3, Male genital sac sclerite. 4, Female metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 5–6, M. cyanocephalae. 5, Female metanotum and dorsal abdomen. 6, Male metanotum and dorsal abdomen.