title: Menacanthus palmai, a new species of chewing louse (Menoponidae: Amblycera: Phthiraptera) from the Coturnix coromandelica.
abstract: The new species Menacanthus palmai collected from Coturnix coromandelica (Gmelin), in Rampur district (UP), India, is described and illustrated. Morphologically the new species is close to M. abdominalis from Coturnix coturnix but differs in having long pointed ventral processes on the postero-medial angles of the second to fifth pleurites. Furthermore, these two species also differ in the number of tergal and sternal abdominal setae, and the morphology of the male genitalia. Another species, Menacanthus pallipes from C. chinensis, does not have ventral processes on the postero-medial angles of pleurites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Government Raza Postgraduate College, Rampur, 244901 UP India.
authors.forename: Nayanci
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Government Raza Postgraduate College, Rampur, 244901 UP India.
authors.forename: Aftab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Government Raza Postgraduate College, Rampur, 244901 UP India.
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arya
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Government Raza Postgraduate College, Rampur, 244901 UP India.
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Government Raza Postgraduate College, Rampur, 244901 UP India.
authors.forename: Arun Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
keywords: Biting lice; Chewing lice; Louse taxonomy; Menacanthus; New louse