Guimaraesiella timorensis, Mey, 2017

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), Zootaxa 4615 (2), pp. 252-284 : 270

Philemoniellus timorensis Mey, 2017

Philemoniellus timorensis Mey, 2017: 146 , figs 71, 73, pl. XI: figs 5–6.

Guimaraesiella timorensis ( Mey, 2017) . New combination.

Type host: Philemon buceroides buceroides (Swainson, 1837) —helmeted friarbird.

Type locality: “Timorlaut”, Timor.

Remarks. The male genitalia of this species are partially illustrated ( Mey 2017: fig. 71), lacking parameres and with a mesosome different from anything we have studied in the Brueelia -complex. The male photograph of P. timorensis ( Mey 2017: pl. XI: fig. 5) shows that the mesosome is folded anteriorly. We have seen male genitalia folded in a similar manner in many specimens of Guimaraesiella and, in our opinion, we believe that the genitalia of the type species of Philemoniellus is erroneously illustrated. The only other illustration given by Mey (2017: fig. 73) is of the dorsal side of the preantennal head, which shows a typical Guimaraesiella . Although we recognise P. timorensis as a valid species, we have no doubt that its correct generic placement is in Guimaraesiella .