Bothriometopus macrocnemis ( Burmeister, 1838: 433 )

Kuabara, Kamila M. D., Valim, Michel P. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2023, New records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) parasites of Brazilian Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae (Aves), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-13 : 9

Bothriometopus macrocnemis ( Burmeister, 1838: 433) ( Fig. 4A )

Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela.

Distribution in Brazil: PR ( Cicchino & Mey, 2007), RS ( Valim et al., 2009), MS, MT, PA, "Amazonia″ (present study).

Hosts: Anhima cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766) (type host), Chauna chavaria (Linnaeus, 1766) , C. torquata (Oken, 1816) (Anhimidae) .

Material examined: 1♀ 1N (#7201-02) ex Chauna torquata (#98649), Rio Guaporé (15°31′18″S, 59°5′32.07″W), Vila Bela da Santísima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 26.II.2014, L.F. Silveira col. 2N (#7207-08) ex C. torquata (#10104), Corumbá (19°01′S, 57°39′W), Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, IX.1917, E. Garbe col. 1♀ 4N (#7203-06) ex Anhima cornuta (#73171), Amazonia, V.1967, no further data. 6N (#7209-11) ex A. cornuta (#24540), Amazonia, 1937, A.M. Olalla col. 1♂ (#7642) ex A. cornuta (#97226), Fazenda Fartura (09°50′S, 50°29′W), Santana do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil, VIII.2013, M.P. Valim and L.F. Silveira cols.

Figures

Figure 4. Habitus in most dorsal view: A = Bothriometopus macrocnemis female; B = Ibidoecus heterogenitalis male; C = Ibidoecus iberoamericanus female; D = Ibidoecus phimosus female (note a fusion of tergopleurites IV+V on left and V+VI on right side of specimen as result of a teratology);E = Rallicola funebris female. All photos are in same scale.