Formicaphagus rhamphasti (Carriker 1903)
- Dataset
- Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Phthiraptera
- family
- Philopteridae
- genus
- Formicaphagus
- species
- Formicaphagus rhamphasti
discussion
Remarks. Emerson (1981) examined the type material of Nirmus rhamphasti and compared it to the type material of Formicaphagus grallariae, which he determined to be a junior synonym of Nirmus rhamphasti. Price et al. (2003: 180) followed Emerson (1981) regarding Nirmus rhamphasti as a valid species of Formicaphagus and listed F. grallariae as a junior synonym of the former. Mey & Barker (2014: 93, 100) argued that Nirmus rhamphasti Carriker 1903 should be placed in Sturnidoecus. We have not examined any material of this species, but include it here because it has been associated by various authors with genera we recognized as belonging to the Brueelia - complex.
materials_examined
Type host. Ramphastos tocard = Ramphastos swainsonii Gould, 1833 [Ref.: Emerson 1981] — chestnut-mandibles toucan.