Penenirmus auritus ( Scopoli, 1763 )

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Penenirmus auritus ( Scopoli, 1763)

Pediculus auritus Scopoli, 1763: 383 .

Baja California: Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons , no date, J.F. Abbott ( Kellogg 1899a). San Luis Potosí: Melanerpes formicivorus formicivorus, Xilitla , 12 Jun. 1947, R.J. Newman; Melanerpes santacruzi grateloupensis, Ebano , 25 Feb. 1947, G.H. Lowery ( Carriker 1956); Sphyrapicus varius varius, Xilitla , 25 Jan. 1947, R. Newman; Picoides scalaris giraudi, Ciudad del Maiz, 23 Mar. 1947, R. Newman ( Carriker 1956). Yucatán: Colaptes rubiginosus yucatanensis , no date; Dryocopus lineatus , no date ( Dalgleish 1972). No State: Dryocopus lineatus petersi no data; Melanerpes santacruzi grateloupensis no data; Picoides arizonae no data; Picoides fumigatus no data; Picoides scalaris giraudi no data; Sphyrapicus thyroideus , no data ( Dalgleish 1972).

Types: Holotype female and allotype male of Penenirmus auritus aurifrons deposited in USNM (65426). Note: Specimens of P. auritus were identified by Kellogg (1899a) as “ Docophorus californiensis Kellogg ”. Carriker (1956) identified them as “ Penenirmus auritus californiensis (Kellogg) ”, “ Penenirmus auritus evagans (Kellogg) ”, “ Penenirmus auritus varius Emerson ”, and also described them as “ Penenirmus auritus aurifrons , n. subsp. ”.