Mirandofures rongoensis, Mey, 2017

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), Zootaxa 4615 (2), pp. 252-284 : 272

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2

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scientific name

Mirandofures rongoensis
status

 

Estrildinirmus rongoensis Mey, 2017

Estrildinirmus rongoensis Mey, 2017: 154 , fig. 78, pl. XIII: fig. 2.

Mirandofures rongoensis ( Mey, 2017) . New combination.

Type host: Lonchura spectabilis wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1952 —hooded manakin.

Type locality: Rongo , Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea .

Remarks. The illustration of the male of genitalia ( Mey 2017: fig. 78) and the photograph of the holotype male show that this is a valid species.

Mey, E. (2017) [2016] Neue Gattungen und Arten aus dem Brueelia - Komplex (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae s. l.). Rudolstadter naturhistorische Schriften, 22, 85 - 215.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

Family

Philopteridae

Genus

Mirandofures