Philopterus fringillae ( Scopoli, 1772 )

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 : 62-63

Philopterus fringillae ( Scopoli, 1772)

Host: Pyrrhula pyrrhula ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Ref.: Bush et al. (2018).

Location: Tatranská Javorina, Jun.–Jul. 2015 ( Bush et al. 2018).

Notes: Pyrrhula pyrrhula is parasitised by Philopterus citrinellae (see Price et al. 2003: 213; also see above). Considering that Bush et al. (2018: 44) did not discuss the unusual host-louse association they recorded for Philopterus fringillae , we can only speculate if their record is the result of a natural host switching or an contamination during or after collecting the lice.