Psittacobrosus Carriker, 1954: 150

Valim, Michel P., 2009, Type specimens of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) held in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Michel P. Valim ABSTRACT, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 49 (17), pp. 197-219 : 200

Genus Psittacobrosus Carriker, 1954: 150

Psittacobrosus dalgleishi Price, 1969a: 394 . Holotype: male; #46,801; b.9.66; Paratype: female; #46,802; b.9.67; Paratype: female; #46,803; b.9.69; Note 402. Ex Tirica tirica (= Brotogeris tirica ). Brazil, São Paulo, Juquiá;. ix.1940; Lane, F. & Travassos Filho, L. cols.

Psittacobrosus molinae Price & Beer, 1968: 273 . Paratype: male; #46,956; b.11.21; Note 17,669. Ex Pyrrhura frontalis (Vieillot, 1817) ( Psittaciformes : Psittacidae ). Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul; 22.v.1882; no collector.

Remarks: Price & Beer (1968) regarded the above specimen as a female, and they did not mention any further locality data other than “ Brazil ”. Moreover, the specimen listed above was not regarded as paratype in original description of the species, and then it has no type value.

Psittacrobrosus nandayi Price, 1969a: 393 . Holotype: male; #47,015; b.11.80; Paratype: male; #47,016; b.11.81; Paratype: male; #47,017; b.11.82; Note 17,684. Ex Nandayus nenday (Vieillot, 1823) ( Psittaciformes : Psittacidae ). No other data. Paratype: male; #47,018; b.11.83. Same data, except: Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Corumbá, Vila Mercedes; no other data.

Psittacobrosus versicoluri Price, 1969a: 394 . Holotype: male; #46,879; b.10.44; Note 888. Ex Tirica chiriri (= Brotogeris chiriri ). Brazil, São Paulo, Batatais; 11.xii.1943; Lima, J.L. col. Paratype: male; #46,878; b.10.43; Note 887. Same data, except: Brazil, Goiás, Cana Brava; 09.xii.1932; Blase col.

Family Gyropidae Kellogg, 1896