Corvonirmus wakuiacus Mey 2017

Corvonirmus wakuiacus Mey, 2017

Corvonirmus wakuiacus Mey, 2017: 120, figs 39, 43–44, pl. V: figs 4–5. Species inquirenda.

Type host: Corvus bennetti North, 1901 —little crow.

Type locality: Yeelirrie, Western Australia, Australia.

Remarks. This species is separated from other congeners by a single character: the reduction of the distal female subgenital plate. However, as shown by Mey (2017: 119, fig. 44a–f), this is a highly variable character, which is not clearly illustrated for any of the other three Australian species described by Mey (2017). Futhermore, comparing the photographs of Co. pleuropelios (Mey 2017: pl. VI: fig. 1) and that of Co. wakuiacus (Mey 2017: pl. V: fig. 5), it is impossible to ascertain whether the shape of the female subgenital plates of these species are significantly different. Mey (2017: 118) mentioned that one female Co. orruaticus has the subgenital plate reduced as in Co. wakuiacus, but this is not illustrated. Although we examined additional specimens from the type host, which appear to be conspecific with Co. wakuiacus, we consider Co. wakuiacus insufficiently diagnosed and regard it as species inquirenda.