Ornicholax Carriker, 1903: 151

Valim, Michel P., 2009, Type specimens of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) held in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Michel P. Valim ABSTRACT, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 49 (17), pp. 197-219 : 203

Genus Ornicholax Carriker, 1903: 151

Ornicholax alienus carrikeri Guimarães, 1948: 169. Holotype: male; Allotype female; #45,234; b.2.43; Note 191. Ex Tinamus tao tao Temminck, 1815, skin #22,400. Brazil, Pará, Caxiricatuba; 15.xii.1936; Guimarães, L. R. col. Paratype: male genitalia; #45,233; b.2.42; Paratype: female; #45,232; b.2.41; Note 190. Same host species, skin #16,075. Brazil, Pará, Rio Tapajós; 07.ix.1935; Guimarães, L. R. col .

Remarks: Junior synonym of Ornicholax alienus (Giebel, 1874) ( Ward, 1957: 342) .

Ornicholax olfersi Guimarães, 1942b: 159. Holotype: male; Allotype: female; #45,206; b.2.25; Note 175. Ex Tinamus major major; skin #22,166. Brazil, Amazonas, Santa Cruz Eirú; no other data. Paratype: male; #45,207; b.2.26; Note 176. Paratype: male genitalia; #45,208; b.2.27; Note 175. Same host species. Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Atabary; no other data .

Remarks: Specimen #45,208 is regarded as a paratype in the card. However, as it was not cited in the original description, it is not a paratype.

Ornicholax solitarius Guimarães & Lane, 1937: 3. Allotype: female; #45,208; b.2.24; Note 164. Ex Tinamus solitarius solitarius. Brazil, São Paulo ; no data; Lima J. col. Paratype: male; #45,033; b.1.26; Paratype: female; #45,034; b.1.27; Paratype: female; #45,035; a.1.12; Note 76. Same host species. Brazil, São Paulo , Alto da Serra;. xi.1906; Luederwaldt, H. col. Paratype: male; #45,042; a.1.19; Note 77. Same host species. Brazil, São Paulo , Rio Paraná .

Remarks: Junior synonym of Ornicholax alienus ( Guimarães, 1942b: 155-156) .