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Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

2021

Corvonirmus group

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The Corvonirmus Group (Insecta, Psocodea, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera) Of Corvids (Aves, Corvidae). I. Stubbenirmus Gen. Nov., Eberhard Mey Jan 2021

The Corvonirmus Group (Insecta, Psocodea, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera) Of Corvids (Aves, Corvidae). I. Stubbenirmus Gen. Nov., Eberhard Mey

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

1. The genera Corvonirmus Eichler, 1944 (with 11 spp.), Hecatrishula Gustafsson & Bush, 2017 (with 8 spp.), and Lycocoranirmus Mey, 2017 (with 5 spp.), which belong to the Brueelia complex (Philopteridae s. l.), are morpho-structurally characterized mainly by head structures and chaetotaxy. They are defined as a group of related taxa that should be placed in the rank of a subfamily (Corvonirminae subfam. nov.) if the former Brueeliinae sensu EICHLER (1963:177) would get the status of a separate family (Brueeliidae).

2. Within the Corvonirmus group, the former Hecatrishula biguttata species group is assumed to be classified as new …