Austrophilopterus Ewing

Price, Roger D. & Weckstein, Jason D., 2005, The genus Austrophilopterus Ewing (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from toucans, toucanets, and araçaris (Piciformes: Ramphastidae), Zootaxa 918, pp. 1-18 : 3

Genus Austrophilopterus Ewing

Austrophilopterus Ewing 1929: 190 . Type species: Docophorus cancellosus Carriker by original designation.

Head ( Figs. 2, 8 , 10, 16 ) with usually shallow concave anterior hyaline margin; 4 stout spiniform setae associated with posterior margin of dorsoanterior plate; temple margin with 2 medium to long setae on each side; 2 ocular setae. Pronotum with single lateroposterior marginal seta; metanotum usually with 7 marginal setae on each side, less often 6 or 8, with distribution and lengths as in Fig. 1 . Abdominal tergites III–VII with very long postspiracular setae; segments II–III lacking lateral marginal seta, IV with short lateral seta, V–VIII with long to very long lateral seta; without anterior setae on tergites III–IX or sternites II–VI. Male with at least tergites II–VI and female with II–VII medially divided; prominent male subgenital plate of fused sternites VII–IX; female subgenital plate and marginal setae as in Figs. 5 or 13, transverse posterior margin bearing 22–45 setae, and 13–30 small setae scattered medioanteriorly from this margin.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1 – 5, Austrophilopterus cancellosus. 1, Entire dorsoventral male. 2, Male dorsal head. 3, Male genitalia. 4, Terminal portion of male genitalia. 5, Female metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 6 – 7, A. flavirostris. 6, Male dorsoventral posterior abdomen. 7, Terminal portion of male genitalia. 8, A. megathorax female dorsal head.

FIGURES 9 – 16. 9 – 13, Austrophilopterus truncatus. 9, Male metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 10, Male dorsal head. 11, Male genitalia. 12, Terminal portion of male genitalia. 13, Female metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 14, A. dimorphus dorsal holotype male. 15 – 16, A. thysi. 15, Male dorsoventral posterior abdomen. 16, Male dorsal head.