Formicaphagus rhamphasti ( Carriker, 1903 )

Bush, Sarah E., 2017, Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key, Zootaxa 4313 (1), pp. 1-443 : 323

Formicaphagus rhamphasti ( Carriker, 1903)

Nirmus rhamphasti Carriker, 1903: 135 .

Degeeriella rhamphasti ( Carriker, 1903) ; Harrison, 1916: 122. Brueelia rhamphasti ( Carriker, 1903) ; Hopkins & Clay, 1952: 60. Formicaphagus grallariae Carriker, 1957: 426 .

Sturnidoecus rhamphasti ( Carriker, 1903) ; Carriker [in Emerson], 1967: 106. Formicaphagus rhamphasti ( Carriker, 1903) ; Price et al. 2003: 180.

Type host. Ramphastos tocard = Ramphastos swainsonii Gould, 1833 [Ref.: Emerson 1981]—chestnut-mandibles toucan.

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.