Philopterus turdi

• Main Author: Ilieva, Mihaela
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Psocodea; Philopteridae; Philopterus; Philopterus turdi; Alauda arvensis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5322850; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/06119054FFA43318B08B6ABBAF7B0F0B

Philopterus turdi (Denny, 1842) Reports: [1] Balát (1958); [2] Touleshkov (1961a); [3] Touleshkov (1962); [4] Touleshkov (1964a); [5] Touleshkov (1974); [6] Ilieva (2005). Synonym: Philopterus merulae (Denny) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Hosts: Turdus merula L. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]; T. philomelos Brehm [4, 5]. Distribution in Bulgaria: Ropotamo [1]; Gramatikovo (Burgas Region) [2]; Petrich, Gotse Delchev [3]; Stara Zagora, Bogomilovo (Stara Zagora Region), Bachkovo (Plovdiv Region) [4]; Belogradchik, Berkovitsa, Varshets, Vratsa, Godech, Botevgrad, Mirkovo (Sofia Region), Teteven, Elena, Troyan monastery, Karlovo, Sushica (Veliko Tarnovo Region), Gabrovo, Maglizh, Shipka (Stara Zagora Region), Tazha, Gaitani, Gradets (Sliven Region) [5]; Nova Cherna (Silistra Region) [6]. Lice of Philopterus identified to the generic level only were reported from Acrocephalus palustris (Bechstein), Alauda arvensis L., Anthus pratensis (L.)*, A. trivialis (L.), Emberiza hortulana L. Fringilla coelebs L., Hirundo rustica L., Iduna pallida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg) *, Lanius minor Gmelin, Luscinia megarhynchos (Brehm) *, Muscicapa striata (Pallas), Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechstein), Ptyonoprogne rupestris (Scopoli) *, Saxicola torquata (L.)*, Sitta europaea L., Tachymarptis melba (L.) and Turdus torquatus L. (see Balát, 1958; Touleshkov, 1961a, 1964a, 1974). The reported lice of the genus Philopterus are the first record of a louse species from Iduna pallida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg). Published as part of Ilieva, Mihaela, 2009, Checklist of the chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from wild birds in Bulgaria, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 2138 (1) on page 39, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.2138.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5314302