Review of the chewing louse fauna of the invasive common myna (Acridotheres tristis), with new records from Palestine and a redescription of Brueelia chayanh Ansari, 1955 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Brueelia-complex) Author Jarayseh, Bashar 0000-0003-4475-3269 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine & Environmental Education Center (EEC / ELCJHL), Beit Jala, Palestine Author Amaya, Maria Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine Author Gustafsson, Daniel R. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-12 5383 3 325 351 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5383.3.3/52456 journal article 282349 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.3.3 4204b012-6da6-44f4-9209-485b7644c545 1175-5326 10361336 F519F6DE-517B-444F-8E48-FCE2A7AF2DB7 Rallicola minhaensis ( Kellogg & Chapman, 1902 ) Nirmus minhaensis Kellogg & Chapman, 1902: 157 . Type host. Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) —common myna. In error. Type locality. Lahaina, Maui Island , Hawai’i , United States . Remarks: Rallicola minhaensis was described from a single female collected in Hawai’i . Hopkins & Clay (1952: 320) considered that the host record was probably an error, and the lack of subsequent reports of any species of Rallicola from A. tristis supports this statement. The natural and regular host of R. minhaensis is unknown, but Kellogg & Chapman (1902) also reported lice from Fulica alai Peale, 1848 , and this coot may be the natural host of R. minhaensis . Kellogg & Chapman (1902: 160) reported Rallicola advenus ( Kellogg, 1896 ) (as Oncophorus advena ) from F. alai , but R. advenus is known from Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 ( Price et al . 2003: 228 ). Therefore, further louse collections from F. alai need to be compared with the type specimen of R. minhaensis to clarify its taxonomic status. Regardless of the identity of R. minhaensis , Acridotheres tristis is not a natural and regular host of any species of Rallicola .