Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus), 2023

Gustafsson, Daniel R. & Zou, Fasheng, 2023, Species of Reticulipeurus Kéler, 1958 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Oxylipeurus- complex) parasitic on species of Arborophila, with description of a new subgenus and three new species, Zootaxa 5284 (3), pp. 496-520 : 515-516

Reticulipeurus (Forcipurellus) species 4

Host. Arborophila gingica (Gmelin, 1789) —white-necklaced partridge.

Remarks. We examined a single female, which appears intermediate in head shape between R. (F.) formosanus and R. (F.) bracatus , but it is more similar to R. (F.) bracatus in the shape of the vulval margin, including the lateral lobes, which have 23–25 vms on each side, i.e. more than any specimen of R. (F.) bracatus examined. More specimens, in particular males, are needed to elucidate the identity of the Reticulipeurus from Arborophila gingica .

Specimen examined. 1♀, Southeast China, Nov. 1897, coll. R . Meinertzhagen , 3598, NHMUK010682698 ( NHML) .