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 Philopterus aenas ( Piaget, 1885 ) , new combination Docophorus aenas Piaget, 1885 : 5 . Sturnidoecus aenas ( Piaget), 1885 ; Hopkins & Clay, 1952 : 344 . Type host. Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 —pied wagtail. Remarks. Only one female with this name was examined by us, and it is a member of the Philopterus -complex, though Hopkins & Clay (1952) assigned this species to Sturnidoecus . The original description ( Piaget, 1885 ) agrees well with our specimen, including the statement by Piaget (1885: 6) that it has two pairs of setae on the temporal margin, one long and one short. In the female examined by us, the mts 1 is shorter than the mts 3 , but both are considerably longer than the remaining mts . Piaget (1885: 6) also mentions that the clypeal signature of this species gradually fades posteriorly, which is typical for the Philopterus -complex, but not seen in Sturnidoecus . We therefore conclude that Docophorus aenas is a member of the Philopterus-compl ex, and may be a junior synonym of Philopterus passerinus ( Denny, 1842 ) , but no comparison with other material from the type host was made to ascertain this.