Rostrinirmus ruficeps (Nitzsch, 1866)

Ošlejšková, Lucie, Krištofík, Ján, Trnka, Alfréd & Sychra, Oldřich, 2021, An annotated checklist of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Slovakia, Zootaxa 5069 (1), pp. 1-80 : 69

Rostrinirmus ruficeps (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866)

Host: Passer montanus ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Ref.: Balát (1953) as Penenirmus ruficeps ; Balát (1956, 1977) as Sturnidoecus ruficeps ; this paper.

Locations: Gabčíkovo, 22 Jul. 1953; Hrhov, 31 Oct. 1953; Járok u Nitry, 16–17 Jun. 1953; Podunajské Biskupice, 21 Jul. 1953 (Balát Coll., MMBC slide numbers 1019, 1027-2x; 1022, 1031); Gabčíkovo, 17–21 Mar. 1954 ( Balát 1956); Búč, 29 Jun. 1997; Zohor, 28 Jun. 2001; Malacky—Vinohrádok, 27 May 2002 (Krištofík Coll., VETUNI) ; Gbelce, 10 Jul. 2019 ( VETUNI) .

Note: This species was placed in the genus Sturnidoecus Eichler, 1944 , but Gustafsson & Bush (2017: 263) resurrected the genus Rostrinirmus Złotorzycka, 1964a .