Dr. Murai Éva - Gubányi András szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 28. (Budapest, 1995)

© Hungarian Natural History Museum Hungarian Society of Parasitologists Parasit. hung., 28: 101-105, 1995 Menacanthus tichodromae sp. n. (Mallophaga) from the wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria L. 1766) József RÉKÁSI Pannonhalma Váru 2., Hungary (Received 22 November, 1995) Abstract: A chewing louse species new to science: Menacanthus tichodromae sp. n. (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) is described here on the basis of 1 female, 1 male and a 3rd instar larva collected from the wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria). Key words: Phthiraptra, Mallophaga, Menoponidae, wallcreeper, Menacanthus tichodromae sp. n. INTRODUCTION According to the Zoological Records and further sources of the literature no chewing louse (Phthiraptera, formerly Mallophaga) has ever been described from the wallcreeper. I collected 1 male and 1 female louse from a wallcreeper which had just fallen down in an accident at Pannonhalma, Hungary, on 15 November 1993. Two further wallcreepers, which had been found dead in the Mecsek Mountains, were studied at Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs, Hungary. One of these birds, collected by László Wagner on 17 November 1992, harboured a 3rd instar larva of lice. Menacanthus tichodromae sp. n. A chewing louse species new to science, Menacanthus tichodromae sp. n. is described here (Fig. 1A). Holotype: 1 female, Pannonhalma, 15. 11. 1993. No. 1627. Paratypes: 1 male, Pannonhalma, 15. 11. 1993. No. 1627, 1 third instar larva, Pécs, Mecsek Mountains, 17. 11. 1992. No. 1664. Host: Tichodroma muraria (L.) 1766, sex? Designation of holotype: The holotype female is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Description of female: Caput (Fig. IB) - Arcus frontalis is bluntly rounded anteriorly, joins the temple region with a mild arch. The temple (tempus) has a slightly curved edge reaching out from the head. Chôma has a slightly coloured ornament. Linea clypeus is double-lined, narrowing at the end and pointing into an apex. There is an oval pattern at the base of it. Clavus frontalis is well separated on the dorsal side of the clypeus, and bears a row of setae (ctenidium frontale). The two lateral setae are longer than those