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Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 43, No. 1, 117-126, 2007 Copyright 2007 College of Arts and Sciences University of Puerto Rico, Mayagu¨ ez Chewing Lice (Phthiraptera) From Ovenbirds, Leaftossers and Woodcreepers (Passeriformes: Furnariidae: Furnariinae, Sclerurinae, Dendrocolaptinae) From Costa Rica, With Descriptions of Four New Species of the Genera Rallicola and Myrsidea 1 1 2 3 OLDRICH SYCHRA , IVAN LITERÁK , MIROSLAV CAPEK , MARTIN HAVLÍCEK 1Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic, sychrao@vfu.cz 2Department of Avian Ecology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Kveˇtná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic 3Veterinary Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Science and Animal Production, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia ABSTRACT.—Descriptions and illustrations are given for one new species of Rallicola Johnston and Har- rison, 1911 and three new species of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 from ovenbirds, leaftossers, and woodcreepers from Costa Rica. These chewing lice and their type hosts are as follows: Rallicola (Rallicola) ochrolaemi and Myrsidea ochrolaemi ex Automolus ochrolaemus (Furnariidae: Furnariinae), Myrsidea calvi ex Sclerurus gua- temalensis (Furnariidae: Scleruridae), and (Myrsidea souleyetii ex Lepidocolaptes souleyetii (Furnariidae: Dendrocolaptinae). Records of five other louse species of the genus Myrsidea, Menacanthus and Rallicola from dendrocolaptid hosts are also discussed. These are the first records of the genus Menacanthus and Myrsidea