Myrsidea mcleannani

Price, Roger D., Johnson, Kevin P. & Dalgleish, Robert C., 2008, Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from antshrikes and antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae), Zootaxa 1819, pp. 55-62 : 59

mcleannani species group

Both sexes of the three species of this group with 5–6 setae in each aster on sternite II. The male genital sac sclerite ( Fig. 5 ) broader and shorter than for the klickai group, 0.050–0.060 long, without a median dark line, and each apical side with a pronounced outwardly curved process. The female has the posterior margin of its subgenital plate strongly spiculate and shorter inner terminal setae on tergite IX inserted more toward the midline, 0.030–0.070 (mean = 0.042; n = 25) long, inserted 0.055–0.095 (mean = 0.069; n = 27) from base of each very long seta ( Fig. 6 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 4. Myrsidea klickai. 1. Entire dorsoventral male. 2. Female metanotum and dorsoventral abdomen. 3. Male genital sac sclerite. 4. Male genitalia. 5 – 6. M. milleri. 5. Male genital sac sclerite. 6. Female dorsoventral terminalia.