Picicola striata Oniki and Emerson

(Figs. 1–6)

Picicola striata Oniki and Emerson 1981:511 . Type host: Malacoptila striata (Spix), the Crescentchested Puffbird.

Redescription. Male as in Fig. 1; female posterior abdomen as in Fig. 2. Head shaped as in Fig. 4, with marginal carina thin, having irregular inner border, and becoming thinnest at point of juncture with preantennal suture. Tergites II–VI each with 2 tergocentral setae; VII–VIII, usually 4–5, less often 3 or 6. Male tergite IX as in Fig. 3, with margin having only single very long inner seta on each side. Abdominal segments with prominent pleural thickening and reentrant head. Female subgenital plate as in Fig. 5; vulval margin with row of 15–16 short setae, with slight medial concavity, and with short seta displaced on each side lateroposterior to this row. Male subgenital plate as in Fig. 6; genitalia similar to Fig. 8; with 3 sensilla on each endomeral arm. Female dimensions: TW, 0.38–0.42; HL, 0.46–0.51; CI, 1.21–1.24; PW, 0.23–0.25; MW, 0.33–0.36; AWV, 0.50–0.58; TL, 1.77–2.01. Male dimensions: TW, 0.35–0.38; HL, 0.42–0.46; CI, 1.20–1.24; PW, 0.21–0.23; MW, 0.30–0.32; AWV, 0.43–0.51; GL, 0.28–0.31; PL, 0.035–0.040; TL, 1.47–1.67.

Material. Ex Malacoptila striata, 4 males, 6 females (all paratypes of P. striata), BRAZIL: São Paulo, Sete Barras. Ex M. fulvogularis P.L. Sclater, 5 females, PERU: Dpto. Madre de Dios, Cerro de Pantiacolla, above Rio Palotoa, 1075 m (FMNH 321032, DW- 3178, 28 August 1985). Ex Hapaloptila castanea (J. Verreaux), 2 males, 2 females, PERU: Dpto. San Martin, ca. 22 km ENE Florida, 5° 43’ 23” S, 77° 45” 1’ W (LSUMZ, AWK- 2416, 24 July 2002), 1 female (DNA voucher 1.13.2003.16), same except (LSUMZ, DFL- 1815, 19 July 2002). Ex Monasa nigrifrons (Spix), 2 males, 1 female (DNA Vouchers 1.12.2003.8 and PIPeR 1.17.2000.3), BOLIVIA: Dpto. Santa Cruz, Mina Don Mario, 126 km ENE San Jose de Chiquitos, 17° 20’ S, 59° 41’ W (LSUMZ, CCW- 822, 8 July 1999).

Remarks. This is the first species of Picicola described from the puffbird family Bucconidae . The principal features for its recognition involve the head shape, a cephalic index of at least 1.20, and an irregular marginal carina, narrowest at the level of the preantennal suture (Fig. 4).