Philopteroides flavala Najer & Sychra, 2012

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Najer, Tomas, Zou, Fasheng & Bush, Sarah E., 2022, The ischnoceran chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) of bulbuls (Aves: Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 18 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 800, pp. 1-88 : 58-59

Philopteroides flavala Najer & Sychra in Najer et al., 2012

Philopteroides flavala Najer & Sychra in Najer et al., 2012: 39 .

Type host

Hemixos flavala Blyth, 1845 – ashy bulbul.

Other hosts

Hemixos castanonotus Swinhoe, 1870 – chestnut bulbul. Alophoixus flaveolus burmanicus (Oates, 1899) – white-throated bulbul [ Chu et al. 2019: 337]; Alophoixus pallidus henrici (Oustalet, 1869) – puff-throated bulbul [ Chu et al. 2019: 337]; Iole propinqua (Oustalet, 1903) – grey-eyed bulbul [ Najer et al. 2021]; Ixos mcclellandii holtii (Swinhoe, 1861) – mountain bulbul [ Najer et al. 2021]

Type locality

Botanical Garden, Cuc Phuong, Ninh Binh, Vietnam.

Material examined

Non-type material (ex Alophoixus pallidus henrici ) CHINA • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Guangxi Province, Jingxin County; 2 Oct. 2004; S.E. Bush leg.; AN-456 , P-458 ; PIPR • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Guangxi Province, Chongzou Prefecture, Jiangzhou District, Zouzhou Township , Guanghe Village , Pairu ; 30 May 2016; Y. Wu and X. Chu leg,; host J2991; GD-PHTH-00320–00321 ; GIABR • 1 ♂; Yunnan Province, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture , Hekou County, Hekou Township , Basa Village ; 4 Jun. 2016; same collector as for preceding; host J3023; GD-PHTH-00319 ; GIABR .

Non-type material (ex Alophoixus flaveolus burmanicus ) CHINA • 2 ♂♂; Yunnan Province, Dehing Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Ruili City , Huyu Township , Weijiao Village ; 16 May 2013; Y. Zhang and Z. Huang leg.; J1208; GD-PHTH-00322–00323 ; GIABR • 1 ♂, 1 nymph; Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture , Yingjiang County, Nabang Township , Dao Nong Village , Banyan King ; 27 Dec. 2012; Y. Wu and L. Zhao leg.; host J0516; GD-PHTH-00324–00325; GIABR .

Non-type material (ex Hemixos flavala flavala ) CHINA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture , Yingjiang County, Hongbeng River ; 26 May 2013; Y. Wu leg.; J1063; GD-PHTH-00312–00314 ; GIABR • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 23 May 2013; Y. Wu and X. Che leg.; host J1027; GD- PHTH-00315–00316 ; GIABR .

Remarks

Specimens from Alophoixus flaveolus burmanicus and A. pallidus henrici examined by us are indistinguishable from the illustrations of Najer et al. (2012), and we agree with Chu et al. (2019) that these specimens represent Po. flavala . Chu et al. (2019) also reported this species from Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Gmelin, 1789), but the male on which this report was based was misidentified (see below).