TY - JOUR
T1 - Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from saltators and grosbeaks (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae)
AU - Price, Roger D.
AU - Johnson, Kevin P.
AU - Dalgleish, Robert C.
PY - 2008/9/10
Y1 - 2008/9/10
N2 - Five new species of Myrsidea parasitic on members of the avian family Cardinalidae are described. They and their type hosts are M. lightae ex the Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus (Statius Müller, 1776), M. markhafneri ex the Slate-colored Grosbeak, S. grossus (Linnaeus, 1766), M. pittendrighi ex the Streaked Saltator, S. striatipectus Lafresnaye, 1847, and M. johnklickai and M. sychrai ex the Blue-black Grosbeak, Cyanocompsa cyanoides (Lafresnaye, 1847). Results from sequences of a portion of the mitochondrial COI gene for several specimens of two of these species and other species of Myrsidea are presented.
AB - Five new species of Myrsidea parasitic on members of the avian family Cardinalidae are described. They and their type hosts are M. lightae ex the Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus (Statius Müller, 1776), M. markhafneri ex the Slate-colored Grosbeak, S. grossus (Linnaeus, 1766), M. pittendrighi ex the Streaked Saltator, S. striatipectus Lafresnaye, 1847, and M. johnklickai and M. sychrai ex the Blue-black Grosbeak, Cyanocompsa cyanoides (Lafresnaye, 1847). Results from sequences of a portion of the mitochondrial COI gene for several specimens of two of these species and other species of Myrsidea are presented.
KW - COI gene
KW - Chewing lice
KW - Mitochondria
KW - Sequencing
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.1873.1.1
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.1873.1.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:51649088266
SN - 1175-5326
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 1873
ER -