New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
A note on Philopterus kalkalichi Ansari, 1955
(Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae)
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
USA
Abstract The status of Philopterus kalkalichi
Ansari, 1955—type host Dicrurus macrocercus—is discussed in
view of its multiple descriptions as a new species. The description of Philopterus
kalkalichi as a “sp. nov.” by Ansari in 1958 clearly refers to a
species of Brueelia which is, at present, an unidentifiable nomen
dubium and clearly different from Brueelia dicruri
described by Ansari in 1955. These two species of Brueelia have
the same type host, D. macrocercus, but this bird species may
not be the regular and natural host for one or both of them.
Keywords Phthiraptera; Philopteridae; Philopterus
kalkalichi; Brueelia dicruri; unidentifiable Brueelia
sp.; lice; nomen dubium; multiple descriptions
Z05030; Received 15 August 2005; accepted 27 October 2005; Online
publication date 24 February 2006
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2006, Vol. 33: 7–8
0301–4223/06/3301–0007 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2006
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