Garrulaxeus taivanus 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 : 274

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5610168
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scientific name	Garrulaxeus taivanus Mey, 2017
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Garrulaxeus taivanus Mey, 2017: 165 , pl. XVI: fig. 3.

Priceiella taivana ( Mey, 2017) . New combination, incertae sedis

Type host: Megapomatorhinus erythrocnemis (Gould, 1863) —black-necklaced scimitar-babbler.

Type locality: Kodensho , Central Taiwan .

Remarks. The only illustration of Garrulaxeus taivanus Mey, 2017 is a photograph of the female holotype, which does not give enough details to place this species in either Priceiella or Guimaraesiella . The shapes of the subgenital plate and of the tergopleurites both suggest that G. taivanus is close to G. sikkimensis (see remarks under this species, above) and other species of Priceiella from scimitar-babblers, but the head shape of G. taivanus is unlike that of other Priceiella from scimitar-babblers. Garrulaxeus taivanus , especially the unknown male, needs to be redescribed to confirm its subgeneric placement. We tentatively consider G. taivanus to be incertae sedis within Priceiella .