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Issue: Vol. 5653 No. 3: 27 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.3.7
Page range: 411-428
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Redescriptions of three species in the louse genus Myrsidea (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera)

Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases; Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology; University of Veterinary Sciences; Brno; Czech Republic
Faculty of Mathematics; Natural Sciences; and Information Technologies; University of Primorska; Glagoljaška 8; 6000 Koper; Slovenia
Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases; Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology; University of Veterinary Sciences; Brno; Czech Republic
Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases; Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology; University of Veterinary Sciences; Brno; Czech Republic
Phthiraptera Myrsidea redescriptions lice host morphotype-group lectotype

Abstract

Three species of chewing lice in the genus Myrsidea are redescribed and illustrat­ed. They are: Myrsidea aegithali Blagoveshtchensky, 1940 from Aegithalos caudatus alpinus (Hablizl, 1783); Myrsidea flavida (Piaget, 1880) from Eurylaimus ochromalus Raffles, 1822; and Myrsidea franciscoloi Conci, 1942 from Cinclus cinclus (Linnaeus, 1758). These species are like “type species”, characterising three groups of morphotypes. Redescriptions are made from the type material. Lectotype and paralectotypes are designated for M. aegithali. We increase knowledge of the intraspecific morphological variability of these species, including phylogenetically informative characteristics, and a new host association for M. aegithali from Aegithalos concinnus.

 

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How to Cite

Schneider, M., Kolencik, S., Literak, I. & Sychra, O. (2025) Redescriptions of three species in the louse genus Myrsidea (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera). Zootaxa, 5653 (3), 411–428. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.3.7