Pence D B, Gray P N
Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA.
J Med Entomol. 1996 Sep;33(5):772-6. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/33.5.772.
Alcedinectes alcyon (Boyd) is redescribed based on specimens collected from its belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon (L.), type host in Florida. This species differs from A. cerylei Fain by the chaetotaxy of tarsus III. A. alcyon has a long stout apical seta that tapers to a curved tip resembling that seen on tarsus III of the genus Tytodectes (Ispidectes) Fain. The equivalent seta in A. cerylei is a stout spine. There are other minor differences between these species in the pattern of idiosomal sclerotization and leg chaetotaxy. The chaetotaxy and solenidiotaxy of legs I and II in Alcedinectes closely resemble that of Amazonectes psittaci Fain & Vercammen-Grandjean from parrots (Psittaciformes), whereas the morphology and chaetotaxy of the idiosoma resemble that of Tytonectes (Ispidectes) spp. which also occurs in kingfishers (Coraciiformes). The long stout seta that tapers to a curved tip on tarsus III in A. alcyon also links the genus Alcedinectes with Tytodectes (Ispidectes).
基于从其模式宿主——佛罗里达州的带翠鸟（Megaceryle alcyon (L.)）采集的标本，对翠鸟虱（Alcedinectes alcyon (Boyd)）进行了重新描述。该物种与费恩翠鸟虱（A. cerylei Fain）的区别在于跗节III的刚毛序。翠鸟虱有一根长而粗壮的顶端刚毛，其逐渐变细至弯曲的尖端，类似于费恩氏燕虱属（Tytodectes (Ispidectes) Fain）跗节III上所见的刚毛。费恩翠鸟虱中的等效刚毛是一根粗壮的刺。这些物种在体壁硬化模式和腿部刚毛序方面还有其他细微差异。翠鸟虱腿部I和II的刚毛序和感觉毛序与鹦鹉（鹦形目）的鹦鹉虱（Amazonectes psittaci Fain & Vercammen-Grandjean）非常相似，而虫体的形态和刚毛序则与也寄生于翠鸟（佛法僧目）的燕虱属（Tytonectes (Ispidectes) spp.）相似。翠鸟虱跗节III上逐渐变细至弯曲尖端的长而粗壮的刚毛也将翠鸟虱属与燕虱属联系起来。
