Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) sehri (Ansari, 1955)

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Clayton, Dale H. & Bush, Sarah E., 2019, Twelve new species of Guimaraesiella (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from “ babblers ” (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Timaliidae) with a description of a new subgenus and a key to its species, Zootaxa 4543 (4), pp. 451-497 : 454

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) sehri species group

Diagnosis: (1) dorsal preantennal suture does not completely separate dorsal anterior plate from main head plate ( Fig. 3 ); (2) aps present on male tergopleurite IV ( Fig. 1 ); (3) mesosome with prominent, fairly triangular or trapezoidal nodi distally on each side (TN in Fig. 5 ); (4) mesosomal ventral sclerite (VS in Fig. 5 ) present in some species with an anterior rugose area (ARA in Fig. 5 ) but not protruding beyond anterior margin of mesosome; (5) posterior rugose nodi absent ( Fig. 5 ); (6) female subgenital plate roughly pentagonal ( Fig. 7 ).

Included species

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) ambusta n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) avinus ( Ansari, 1956)

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) falcifrons n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) hampuslybecki n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) hannesundinae n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) pallidobrunneis n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) philiproundi n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) retusa n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) scottvillai n. sp.

Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) sehri ( Ansari, 1955)

Figures

FIGURES 3–7. Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) sehri (Ansari, 1955). 3, male head, dorsal and ventral views. 4, male genitalia, dorsal view. 5, male mesosome, ventral view. 6, male paramere, dorsal view. 7, female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view. Abbreviations: ARA = anterior rugose area; ames = anterior mesosomal setae; gpmes = gonoporal posterior mesosomal setae; lpmes = lateral posterior mesosomal setae; TN = triangular nodus; VS = mesosomal ventral sclerite.

FIGURES 1–2. Guimaraesiella (Cicchinella) sehri (Ansari, 1955). 1, male, whole body, dorsal and ventral views. 2, female, whole body, dorsal and ventral views.