Forficuloecus pilgrimi Guimaraes

• Main Authors: Price, Roger D., Johnson, Kevin P., Palma, Ricardo L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Phthiraptera; Philopteridae; Forficuloecus; Forficuloecus pilgrimi; Pacific; New Zealand; Ricardo; Sumner; Harcourt; Rothschild; East Island; Hut Cove; Antipodes Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6228660; https://zenodo.org/record/6228660

Forficuloecus pilgrimi Guimarães (Figs. 7–8) Forficuloecus pilgrimi Guimarães, 1985: 43. Type host: Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae chathamensis Oliver, 1930, the Chatham Island Red-fronted Parakeet. Male. Tergal setae: II–III, 8–9; IV–VII, 8–11; VIII, 6–9. Tergite IX with well developed lateral plates and narrow median bridge connecting them (Fig. 7). Sternal setae: II, 3–5; III, 4–6; IV–VI, 5–8; VII, 4–6. Genitalia (Fig. 8) with parameres and penis shaped as shown. Female. Tergal setae: II, 7–9; III, 8–10; IV–VII, 9–11; VIII, 7–10. Sternal setae: II, 2–6; III, 4–7; IV, 6–8; V–VI, 6–7; VII, 4–5. Material. Ex C. n. novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787), NEW ZEALAND: 1 male, 1 female [paratypes of F. pilgrimi ] (MONZ), Whitianga, 10 Jan. 1974, J. Smuts-Kennedy. Ex C. n. chathamensis , NEW ZEALAND: 4 males, 4 females [paratypes of F. p i l g r i m i ] (MONZ), Chatham Islands, Little Mangere Island, Oct. 1976, N.Z. Wildlife Service; 2 males, 2 females (MONZ), Chatham Islands, South East Island, 10 Feb. 1980, A. Nixon. Ex C. n. hochstetteri (Reischek, 1889), NEW ZEALAND: 1 male [paratype of F. p i l g r i m i ] (MONZ), Antipodes Islands, 31 Oct. 1970, N.Z. Wildlife Service; 2 males, 2 females [paratypes of F. p i l - grimi ] (MONZ), Antipodes Islands, 4 Dec. 1978, D.S. Horning. Ex C. auriceps (Kuhl, 1820), NEW ZEALAND: 2 males, 3 females (MONZ), Fiordland, Eglinton Valley, 10 Mar. 1980, B. Harcourt. Ex C. forbesi Rothschild, 1893, NEW ZEALAND: 1 male, 1 female (MONZ), Chatham Islands, D. Merton; 1 male, 1 female (MONZ), Chatham Islands, Mangere Island, 6 Dec. 2001, Dept. of Conservation. Ex C. unicolor (Lear, 1831), NEW ZEALAND: 1 male, 1 female [paratypes of F. p i l g r i m i ] (MONZ), Antipodes Islands, 28 Feb. 1969, R.T. & B.D. Bell; 2 males, 2 females [paratypes of F. p i l g r i m i ] (MONZ), Antipodes Islands, Hut Cove, 27 Nov. 1978, D.S. Horning; 1 male, 1 female (MONZ), Antipodes Islands, 8 Mar. 1985, B.D. Bell. Ex C. malherbi Souancé, 1857, NEW ZEALAND: 2 males, 2 females (MONZ), Lake Sumner Forest Park, Mar. 1981, N.Z. Wildlife Service. Remarks. The males and females of F. p i l g r i m i are similar to those of F . meinertzhageni , but are separable by features discussed under the latter species. : Published as part of Price, Roger D., Johnson, Kevin P. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2008, A review of the genus Forficuloecus Conci (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from parrots (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), with descriptions of four new species, pp. 49-62 in Zootaxa 1859 on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183637 : {"references": ["Guimaraes, L. R. (1985) Ischnocera (Mallophaga) infesting parrots (Psittaciformes). V. Four new species of Forficuloecus Conci, 1941 (Philopteridae) from the South Pacific. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 36, 41 - 49."]}