New synonymies of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) described from the Falconiformes (Aves)
2013
Eighteen new synonymies are given for taxa of chewing lice taken from hosts in the avian order Falconiformes. Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1818 is synonymized with Falcocephalum Tendeiro, 1989. The latter genus contained a single species which thus becomes a new combination: Colpocephalum pricei (Tendeiro, 1989), comb. n. Further synonymies include 12 species (Colpocephalum turbinatum Denny, 1842 = C. wernecki Orfila, 1959, syn, n.; C. nanum Piaget, 1890 = C. meridionale Perez-Jimenez et al., 1988, syn. n.; C. trachelioti Price & Beer, 1963 = C. aegypii Tendeiro, 1989, syn. n.; C. ateri Price & Beer, 1964 = C. sinuosum Tendeiro & Mendes, 1994, syn. n.; C. maculatum Piaget, 1880 = C. chimangoi Tendeiro & Mendes, 1994, syn. n.; C. holzenthali Clayton & Price, 1989 = C. violanii Tendeiro & Mendes, 1994, syn. n.; Nosopon milvus Tendeiro, 1959 = N. aduncum Tendeiro. 1993, syn. n.; Laembothrion vulturis (F., 1775) = L. gigas Nitzsch, 1861, syn, n.; L. tinnunculi (L., 1758) = L. iberum Perez-Jimenez et al., 1988, syn. n.; Craspedorrhynchus ranjhae Ansari, 1955 = C. pennati Gallego, Martin Mateo & Aguirre, 1987, syn. n.; Degeeriella rufa (Burmeister, 1838) = D. carrikeri Orfila, 1959, syn. n.; Falcolipeurus assessor (Giebel, 1874) = Trollipeurus kleinmachnowensis Zlotorzycka, 1963, syn. n.), and 5 subspecies (Colpocephalum zerafae Ansari, 1955 = C. zerafae biarmicus Tendeiro, 1988, syn. n.; C. subzerafae Tendeiro, 1988 = C. subzerafae exiguum Tendeiro, 1988, syn. n.; Nosopon lucidum (Rudow, 1869) = N. lucidum pyargus Tendeiro, 1959, syn. n.; Laemobothrion vulturis (F., 1775) = L. vulturis daneckii Zlotorzycka, 1969, syn. n.; Degeeriella mookerjeei Clay, 1957 = D. mookerieei pilgrimi Tendeiro, 1979, syn. n.).
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