Penenirmus albiventris

• Main Authors: Sychra, Oldřich, Kounek, Filip, Papoušek, Ivo, Ćapek, Miroslav, Cárdenas-Callirgos, Jorge Manuel, Franco, Sebastian, Literák, Ivan
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Phthiraptera; Philopteridae; Penenirmus; Penenirmus albiventris; Argentina; Faroe Islands
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4597127; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4597127

Penenirmus albiventris (Scopoli, 1763) (Figs 3–5) Pediculus albiventris Scopoli, 1763: 385. Docophorus troglodytis Waterston, 1915: 27, fig. F. Degeeriella longuliceps Blagoveshtchensky, 1940: 65, fig. 19. Penenirmus albiventris (Scopoli, 1763); CLAY & HOPKINS (1951): 28, figs 38–40. Type host. Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) – Eurasian wren Material examined: 6 ♀♀ 3 33(O.Sychra CZ110–112), ex Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes, CZECH REPUBLIC: Ćerťák (49°34'N, 17°59' E, 400 m a.s.l.); 3. and 15.v.2007, Sychra and Literák leg. (MMBC); 10 ♀♀, 10 33, (O.Sychra PE06–15), ex Troglodytes aedon audax, PERU: Pantanos de Villa, Lima (12°13’ S, 76°59’ W; at sea level), 20–22.vii.2011, Literák leg. (MMBC). Variability. WATERSTON (1915) provided a very detailed description of this species under the name Docophorus troglodytis from Troglodytes troglodytes borealis Fischer, 1861 from the Faroe Islands, including four figures. Subsequently, CLAY & HOPKINS (1951) briefly reviewed the main characters of the species described as Pediculus albiventris by SCOPOLI (1763), added three more figures, including male genitalia, and designated a neotype. Recently, CICCHINO (1980) reported this species on one T. aedon bonariae Hellmayr, 1919 in Argentina. He wrote that his material was similar to the description by CLAY & HOPKINS (1951) and presented only a figure of male genitalia. We contribute detailed figures of this species (Figs 3–5). We found two minor differences between samples from different host species: (1) number of setae on the metanotum, 14 on specimens from T. troglodytes and 16–17 on specimens from T. aedon; (2) number of posterocentral setae on the female tergite VIII, 4 on specimens from T. troglodytes but only 2 on specimens from T. aedon. Also, our specimens differ slightly from the description and redescription of P. albiventris presented by WATERSTON (1915) and CLAY & HOPKINS (1951) respectively, thus increasing knowledge of the intraspecific morphological variability of this species from ...