Philopterus citrinellae ( Schrank, 1776 )

Ošlejšková, Lucie, Krištofík, Ján, Trnka, Alfréd & Sychra, Oldřich, 2021, An annotated checklist of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Slovakia, Zootaxa 5069 (1), pp. 1-80 : 60

Philopterus citrinellae ( Schrank, 1776)

Host: Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758 .

Ref.: Balát (1953) as “ Philopterus subflavescens ”; Balát (1956, 1977) as Philopterus citrinellae citrinellae ; Straka (1987); this paper.

Locations: Košice, 29 Oct. 1953; Sklené Teplice, 14 Apr. 1953; Svätojurský Šúr, 13 Feb. 1951 (Balát Coll., MMBC slide numbers 1099, 1475; 1102—not present in the collection, SNMB slide number 645); Banská Štiavnica— Počúvadla, 23 Apr. & 21 Jun. 1953; Járok u Nitry, 16 Apr. 1953; Vtáčnik, 19 Jun. 1953; Podunajské Biskupice, 21 Jul. 1953; Šaca, 4 Nov. 1953; Gabčíkovo, 15–24 Mar. & 6 May 1954; Humenné, 9 May 1954 ( Balát 1956); Kláštor pod Znievom, 9 Feb. 1981; ŠPR Kláštorské lúky pri Kláštore pod Znievom, 4 Nov. 1982; Vädžer, 2 Mar. 1983; Vrícko, 20 Mar. 1983 (Straka Coll., AKMM) ; Pataš, 28 Apr. 1999; Čunovo, 26 Jul. 1999 and 26 Jun. 2001 (Krištofík Coll., VETUNI) .

Note: Straka (1987) recorded data on collections of Philopterus citrinellae from Emberiza citrinella and E. schoeniclus , but without mentioning which locality referred to each host species. Here we mention locations separately according to Straka’s notes on relevant slides. Straka (1987) recorded one of the location and date for this host as “Blatnica, 11 Aug. 1977 ”, but it is most likely an error, because in Straka’s note on label of an available slide the host from this location and date is given as “ Pyrrhula pyrrhula ” (see below). Straka (1987) recorded the dates of collections as “Kláštor pod Znievom, 9 Feb. 1982 ” and “Vrícko, 20 Feb. 1983 ” but, according to Straka’s notes on labels of relevant slides, the correct dates are probably “Kláštor pod Znievom, 9 Feb. 1981 ” and “Vrícko, 20 Mar. 1983 ”.