Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 67(2): 243-257, doi: 10.3897/travaux.67.e119999
Two new species of chewing lice in the genus Melinirmus (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae) from Australian honeyeaters (Passeriformes, Meliphagidae)
expand article infoDaniel R. Gustafsson, Sarah E. Bush§
‡ Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China§ Univeristy of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States of America
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Abstract
Two new species of the genus Melinirmus Mey, 2017, are described from Australian honeyeaters (Meliphagidae). These are: Melinirmus coromandelica n. sp. ex Ptilotula penicillatus penicillatus (Gould, 1837) and Melinirmus palmai n. sp. ex Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790). A checklist of all known species of Brueelia-complex chewing lice known from the Meliphagidae is provided.
Keywords
Brueelia-complex, Ischnocera, new species, Psocodea, Phthiraptera