Philopterus capitis (Ansari, 1955) Bush, 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 : 322

Philopterus capitis (Ansari, 1955) , new combination

Sturnidoecus capitis Ansari, 1955b: 61 . Sturnidoecus capitis Ansari, 1956e: 397 . Sturnidoecus capitis Ansari, 1958b: 82 .

Type host. Copsychus fulicata cambaiensis (Latham, 1790) — Indian robin.

Remarks. No material of this species was examined. The first two descriptions ( Ansari, 1955b, 1956e) are not useful for species identification, but the illustrations of Ansari (1958b) clearly show a species with three mts macrosetae, trabeculae, a posteriorly pointed dorsal anterior plate, and short, blunt parameres, all features commonly found in the Philopterus-compl ex, to which we hereby transfer it.