Myrsidea thoracica ( Giebel, 1874 )

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Myrsidea thoracica ( Giebel, 1874)

Host: Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Ref.: Hudec (1983) as Myrsidea sp. ; this paper.

Location: Nízke Tatry—Čertovica, 29 Jun. 1960 (Balát Coll., MMBC slide number 1211) .

Notes: Hudec (1983) recorded Myrsidea sp. from this host, but without giving a location. This record was probably made on the basis of slide 1211 from the Balát Coll., because there is no other Myrsidea from this host in the collection This is a first record of Myrsidea thoracica from Slovakia, and it is also a new host-louse association for Myrsidea thoracica worldwide ( Price et al. 2003: 132).