Psocodea Species File
genus

Myrsidea Waterston, 1915

Type

Myrsidea victrix Waterston, 1915 type species by original designation of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915

Nomenclature (53)

  • Myrsidea Waterston, 1915: 12.

    type species by original designation Myrsidea victrix Waterston, 1915

  • Acolpocephalum Ewing, 1927: 88.

    type species by original designation or monotypy Acolpocephalum brevipes Ewing, 1927

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  • Ramphasticola Carriker, 1949 in Lei, Chu, Dik, Zou, Wang & Gustafsson, 2020: 104. Phylogeny
  • Ramphasticola Carriker, 1949 (subjective synonym of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915) in Kolencik, Sychra, Johnson, Weckstein, Sallam & Allen, 2024: 3. Classification

Nomenclature references (33)

  • Ansari, M.A.R. (1951) Mallophaga (Amblycera) infesting birds in the Panjab (India). Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences in India, 17(2), 127–203.
  • Carriker, M.A., Jr. (1949) Neotropical Mallophaga miscellany. V. New genera and species. Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 9(3), 297–313.
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  • Chandra, S., Agarwal, G.P. & Saxena, A.K. (1989) Distribution of Mallophaga on the body of Acridotheres tristis (Aves). 30(1), 39–42.
  • Conci, C. (1942) Quattro nuovi generi ed una nuova sottofamiglia di Menoponidae dei Passeracei (Mallophaga). 74, 30–32.
  • Dalgleish, R.C. & Price, R.D. (2005) Two new species of the genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from cotingas (Passeriformes: Cotingidae). Zootaxa, 983, 1–6.
  • Eichler, W. (1951) Notulae Mallophagologicae. XVII. Die Myrsideen. 146, 45–53.
  • Ewing, H.E. (1927) Descriptions of new genera and species of Mallophaga, together with keys to some related genera of Menoponidae and Philopteridae. 17, 86–96.
  • Hellenthal, R.A. & Price, R.D. (2003) The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from bulbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 16 new species. Zootaxa, 354, 1–20.
  • Hellenthal, R.A. & Price, R.D. (2005) Two new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from the Jewel-Babblers (Passeriformes: Eupetidae) from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 107(3), 485–488.
  • Hellenthal, R.A., Price, R.D. & Weckstein, J.D. (2005) The genus Ramphasticola Carriker (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from the Toucans (Piciformes: Ramphastidae), with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 107(3), 565–571.
  • Johnson, K.P. & Price, R.D. (2006) Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from bristlebills and greenbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) in Ghana. Zootaxa, 1177, 27–37.
  • Kolencik, S., Sychra, O., Johnson, K.P., Weckstein, J.D., Sallam, M.F. & Allen, J.M. (2024) The parasitic louse genus Myrsidea (Amblycera: Menoponidae): a comprehensive review and world checklist. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 8(3), 1–60.
  • Kéler, S. (1963) Insekten 1. Tiel 13. Ordnung: Läuselinge, Federlinge und Haarlinge Mallóphaga. In Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas. Leipzig, Germany. . Vol. 4, Issue 7b, pp. 1–31.
  • Lei, L., Chu, X., Dik, B., Zou, F., Wang, H. & Gustafsson, D.R. (2020) Four new species of Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from Chinese babblers (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Paradoxornithidae, Timaliidae). Zootaxa, 4878(1), 103–128.
  • Martín-Mateo, M.P. (2002) Mallophaga: Amblycera. 20, 1–192. Available at http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/Martin%20Mateo%202002%20-%20Fauna%20Iberica%20-%20Amblycera.pdf
  • Price, R.D. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2006) Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa, 1174, 1–25.
  • Price, R.D. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2007) Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Emberizidae (Passeriformes), with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 1467, 1–18.
  • Price, R.D. & Johnson, K.P. (2006) Four new species of Myrsidea Waterston chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Malagasy warblers (Passeriformes). Zootaxa, 1297, 47–55.
  • Price, R.D. & Johnson, K.P. (2009) Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) in Panama. Zootaxa, 2200, 61–68.
  • Price, R.D., Hellenthal, R.A. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2005) The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from tyrant-flycatchers (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 1048, 1–20.
  • Price, R.D., Hellenthal, R.A. & Weckstein, J.D. (2004) The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the toucans (Piciformes: Ramphastidae), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 613, 1–18.
  • Price, R.D., Johnson, K.P. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2008) Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from wrens (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 1740, 59–65.
  • Price, R.D., Johnson, K.P. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2008) Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from antshrikes and antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa, 1819, 55–62.
  • Rékási, J. (1993) Bird lice (Mallophaga) parasiting the Birds in Hungary. 100, 71–93. Available at http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/41455.pdf
  • Sychra, O., Kounek, F., Papousek, I., Capek, M., Cardenas-Callirgos, J.M., Franco, S. & Literak, I. (2014) Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera et Ischnocera) from wrens (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae), with description of a new species of Myrsidea. 54(1), 1–27.
  • Tandan, B.K. & Clay, T. (1971) Contributions towards a revision of Myrsidea Waterston. VI. (Phthiraptera, Amblycera: Menoponidae). 123, 209–246.
  • Valim, M.P. & Cicchino, A.C. (2015) Six new species of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from New World jays of the genus Cyanocorax Boie (Passeriformes: Corvidae), with notes on the chorionic structure of eggs. 90, 191–211.
  • Valim, M.P. & Reiley, B.M. (2015) The Chewing Lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) Fauna of the Swainson's Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii (Aves, Parulidae). 52(5), 850–857.
  • Valim, M.P., Lambrecht, F.M. & Vianna, É.E.S. (2009) New records of chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) from birds of southern Brazil, with description of a new species. 99(3), 249–258.
  • Valim, M.P., Price, R.D. & Johnson, K.P. (2011) New host records and descriptions of five new species of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from passerine birds (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa, 3097, 1–19.
  • Waterston, J. (1915) On two new species of Mallophaga (Menoponidae): Menacanthus balfouri n. sp. and Myrsidea victrix n. sp. from Colombia. 51, 12–16.
  • Zlotorzycka, J. (1964) Mallophaga parasitizing Passeriformes and Pici. I. Subfamilies Dennyinae, Machaerilaeminae, Colpocephalinae. 12, 165–192.
  • Zlotorzycka, J. (1973) Systematische Stellung und Wirt-parasit-beziehungen beim Myrsideen-komplex der mitteleuropaischen Corviden. Lounais-Hämeen Luonto (Finland), 46, 46–62.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus101415
superspecies210021
species386064450
subspecies1001020