Olivinirmus crypsirini 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 : 259

Olivinirmus crypsirini Mey, 2017

Olivinirmus crypsirini Mey, 2017: 108 , figs 19, 25, 29, 33, pl. III: figs 4–5. Species inquirenda.

Type host: Crypsirina temia (Daudin, 1800) —racquet-tailed treepie.

Type locality: Cuc Phuong National Park , c. 100 km SSW Hanoi, Vietnam .

Remarks. Olivinirmus crypsirini Mey, 2017 is a member of the Ol. meinertzhageni species group (sensu Gustafsson & Bush 2017). Mey (2017) did not provide any comparison between his new species and Ol. meinertzhageni ( Ansari, 1956a) , and the only obvious difference between them that we can find is the shape of the proximal mesosome. The type material needs to be reexamined and redescribed to establish whether these two species can be separated. We consider Ol. crypsirini to be a species inquirenda until such a study has been made.