Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key Author Bush, Sarah E. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-08-31 4313 1 1 443 journal article 32249 10.11646/zootaxa.4313.1.1 d8cc2cd8-8410-49aa-a75d-7a41d9f52b26 1175-5326 883161 A5Fdfba5-F992-44A8-84C2-1756C943C19B 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.