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Published: 2008-12-03
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Three new species of Formicaphagus Carriker, 1957 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), parasitic on Thamnophilidae and Conopophagidae (Aves, Passeriformes)

Laboratorio de Artrópodos, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3300,7600 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Research Career of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET)
Laboratório de Ixodides, Departamento Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz; Av. Brasil, 4365, 21045-900, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Phthiraptera Chewing lice Formicaphagus Argentina Brazil

Abstract

Three new species of Formicaphagus Carriker, 1957 parasitic on the avian families Thamnophilidae and Conopophagidae are described and illustrated. They and their type hosts are: F. mariae n. sp. from Conopophaga lineata (WiedNeuwied, 1831); F. thamnophili n.sp. from Thamnophilus r. ruficapillus Vieillot, 1816; and F. severus n.sp. from Mackenziaena severa (Lichtenstein, 1823). These chewing lice are the first lice described from these host species. These new species are distinguished from the previously described 11 species chiefly by having postspiracular setae from tergite III (from II in some individuals of the former species), the shape of the head and dorsal anterior plate, chaetotaxy and body measurements.

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