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481A113B1F7FFFDAFF2AFB65FE9B4BF7.text	481A113B1F7FFFDAFF2AFB65FE9B4BF7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neopsittaconirmus palaeornis (Eichler 1943) Eichler 1943	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Neopsittaconirmus palaeornis (Eichler, 1943)</p>
            <p>(Figs. 1–4)</p>
            <p> Pflegeriella palaeornis Eichler, 1943: 114 . Type host:  Psittacula derbiana (Fraser) . </p>
            <p> Neopsittaconirmus palaeornis (Eichler, 1943) ; Hopkins &amp; Clay, 1952: 238. </p>
            <p> Neopsittaconirmus lybartota difficilis Guimarães, 1974: 141 . Type host:  Psittacula alexandri fasciata (Statius Müller) — New synonymy. </p>
            <p> Neopsittaconirmus paleornis [sic] (Eichler, 1943); Guimarães, 1974: 186. </p>
            <p> Neopsittaconirmus difficilis Guimarães, 1974 ; Price, Hellenthal &amp; Palma, 2003: 200. </p>
            <p> Neopsittaconirmus palaeornis (Eichler, 1943) ; Price, Hellenthal &amp; Palma, 2003: 200. </p>
            <p>Redescriptions</p>
            <p>Holotype male. As in Fig. 1. Preantennal region as long as postantennal; anterior margin bordered by narrow hyaline margin. Antennal segment I stout, segment III with two verrucous processes. Metanotum with 4 very long marginal setae on each side. Tergites IV–VII with 1 long tergo-lateral seta on each side (one long tergo-lateral seta also on one side of tergite III); tergites III–VIII with 1 medium long tergo-central setae on each side; tergite IX (Fig. 2) narrow, with a median indentation on its posterior margin bearing 13 medium long setae (7 on one side and 6 on the other) and 4 short central setae. Abdominal sterna II–VII each with 2–6 setae, with lengths as shown in Fig. 1. Male genitalia as in Fig 3. Dimensions (in millimetres): Head width (HW), 0.35; head length (HL), 0.43; preantennal length (PAL), 0.21; postantennal length (POL), 0.22; prothorax width (PW), 0.25; metathorax width (MW), 0.35; abdomen width at level of segment VI (AW), 0.44; total length (TL), 1.38; genitalia width (GW), 0.130.</p>
            <p> Dimensions of 5 males from  Psittacula alexandri : HW, 0.27–0.30; HL, 0.37–0.39; PAL, 0.17–0.19; POL, 0.19–0.21; PW, 0.19–0.22; MW, 0.27–0.31; AW, 0.28–0.34; TL, 1.39–1.43; GW, 0.098–0.105. </p>
            <p> Female. Mostly as for male. Tergo-lateral seta on each side of tergites IV–VII; tergites II–VIII with very short tergocentral setae on each side. Ventral terminalia as in Fig. 4; subgenital plate angular with conspicuous submarginal “Vshaped” furrow. Dimensions: HW, 0.39; HL, 0.47; PAL, 0.24; POL, 0.23; PW, 0.26; MW, 0.39; AW, 0.53; TL, 1.88. Dimensions of 4 females from  Psittacula alexandri : HW, 0.28–0.34; HL, 0.38–0.44; PAL, 0.18–0.19; POL, 0.20– 0.22; PW, 0.21–0.23; MW, 0.31–0.34; AW, 0.34–0.41; TL, 1.62–1.79. </p>
            <p> Remarks. The above descriptions are almost identical to those of Guimarães (1974) for  Neopsittaconirmus difficilis , with the exception of specimens of  N. palaeornis from  Psittacula derbiana being bigger in all dimensions than those from  Psittacula alexandri . Larger dimensions in the lice from  Psittacula derbiana could be due to the size of this parakeet being bigger than  Psittacula alexandri (see Collar, 1997). Somewhat misleading is the presence of one long tergolateral seta on one side of tergite III in the holotype of  N. palaeornis . Since the presence of tergo-lateral setae on tergites III–VII is characteristic of a group of four  Neopsittaconirmus from Cockatoos (  Cacatuidae ) (Sychra 2006), we assume that the presence of this seta on  N. palaeornis is only an abnormality. Therefore, we place  N. difficilis as a junior synonym of  N. palaeornis . This synonymy conforms to the phylogeny of  Psittacula , because  P. derbiana is the closest species to  P. alexandri (see Groombridge et al. 2004). </p>
            <p>Material examined</p>
            <p> Holotype male of  Neopsittaconirmus palaeornis (WEC 225b) ex  Psittacula derbiana , CHINA, Shanghai, Oct 1935, leg. H. Höne. Deposited at the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany. Other material examined </p>
            <p> Female of  N. palaeornis (WEC 222Ba) ex  Urocissa erythrorhyncha (accidental host), CHINA, Wa-Su-Kou, Setchwan, 10 Oct 1935, leg. E. Schaefer. Deposited at the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany. </p>
            <p> Paratypes of  Neopsittaconirmus difficilis : 1 female and 1 male ex  Psittacula alexandri , THAILAND, Phum Phan Mt., Sakon Nakhon, 21 Jun 1954, leg. R. E. Elbel &amp; B. Lekagul; 1 male ex  Psittacula alexandri , Upper BURMA, Myitkyina, 21 Jan 1945, leg. H. S. Fuller; 2 females and 2 males ex  Psittacula alexandri , THAILAND, Muangkluand and Thungkha, Kapoe, Ramong, 22 Dec 1962, leg. Wanit Songprakob. All deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, England. </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/481A113B1F7FFFDAFF2AFB65FE9B4BF7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sychra, Old Ř Ich;Palma, Ricardo L.	Sychra, Old Ř Ich, Palma, Ricardo L. (2008): The identity of Neopsittaconirmus palaeornis (Eichler) (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Psittacula derbiana (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), with a new synonymy. Zootaxa 1827: 62-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183123
