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
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treatment provided by	Plazi (2017-08-31 12:36:29, last updated 2019-10-19 23:04:07)
scientific name	Penenirmus irritans (Ansari, 1955)
status	new combination

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.