Penenirmus irritans (Ansari, 1955), 2017

Bush, Sarah E., 2017, Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key, Zootaxa 4313 (1), pp. 1-443 : 321

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4313.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A5Fdfba5-F992-44A8-84C2-1756C943C19B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5297113
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/832187E9-FECA-FE83-FF74-6608FCE2FACF
treatment provided by	Plazi (2017-08-31 12:36:29, last updated 2024-11-26 00:49:16)
scientific name	Penenirmus irritans (Ansari, 1955)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Penenirmus irritans (Ansari, 1955) , new combination

Sturnidoecus irritans Ansari, 1955b: 60 . Sturnidoecus irritans Ansari, 1956e: 396 . Sturnidoecus irritans Ansari, 1958: 80 .

Type host. Saxicola maurus indicus (Blyth, 1847) — Siberian stonechat.

Remarks. We have not examined any material of this species, but refer it to Penenirmus based on the illustrations of Ansari (1958b), which show a species with elongated os and pos, multiple mts macrosetae, no sternal plates, and male genitalia of the type commonly found in Penenirmus .

References

Ansari, R. A. M. (1955 b) Studies on the ischnoceron [sic] Mallophaga infesting birds in Pakistan. Proceedings of the Seventh Pakistan Scientific Conference, Biology, Bahawalpur, 5 - 59.

Ansari, R. A. M. (1956 e) Studies in phthirapteran parasites (Mallophaga) infesting birds in the Panjab. Indian Journal of Entomology, 17, 394 - 400.

Ansari, R. A. M. (1958 b) Studies on Ischnoceran Mallophaga infesting birds in the Panjab [Part II]. Indian Journal of Entomology, 20, 77 - 103.