New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
Lice of the genus Philopterus Nitzsch (Phthiraptera:
Ischnocera: Philopteridae) parasitic on hosts of the genus Emberiza
(Passeriformes: Emberizidae)
Ricardo L. Palma
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand
Roger D. Price
Department of Entomology
University of Minnesota
St Paul, Minnesota 55108
U.S.A.
Abstract All species of the louse genus Philopterus
described from hosts in the passerine genus Emberiza have been
reviewed and compared with the earliest described and valid species: P.
citrinellae. A redescription of P. citrinellae is given,
supported by measurements and illustrations of pertinent features. Nine
new junior synonymies of P. citrinellae are proposed and
discussed. The new synonyms and their respective type hosts are: Philopterus
zohrae Ansari, 1955 from Emberiza bruniceps; Penenirmus
blagoveshtchenskyi Touleshkov, 1961 from Emberiza calandra;
Docophorulus cumulatus Złotorzycka, 1964 from Emberiza
calandra calandra; Docophorulus residuus Złotorzycka, 1964
from Emberiza schoeniclus schoeniclus; Philopterus
indefinitus Fedorenko & Volkov, 1980 from Emberiza
spodocephala; Philopterus topicalis Fedorenko & Volkov,
1980 from Emberiza elegans; Philopterus parvulus
Fedorenko & Volkov, 1980 from Emberiza rutila;
Philopterus sibiricus Fedorenko & Volkov, 1980 from Emberiza
leucocephalos; and Philopterus frontosus Fedorenko, 1985
from Emberiza aureola. In addition, four new host records for P.
citrinellae are included.
Keywords Phthiraptera; Philopteridae;
Philopterus; lice; redescription; new synonymies; Emberiza;
new host-louse records
Z05029; Received 15 August 2005; accepted 27 October 2005; Online
publication date 24 February 2006
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2006, Vol. 33: 1–6
0301–4223/06/3301–0001 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2006
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