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Issue: Vol. 5446 No. 1: 29 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.5
Page range: 88-104
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New species and new records of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from South Africa

Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization; Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization; Institute of Zoology; Guangdong Academy of Sciences; 105 Xingang West Road; Haizhu District; Guangzhou; 510260; Guangdong Province; China
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization; Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization; Institute of Zoology; Guangdong Academy of Sciences; 105 Xingang West Road; Haizhu District; Guangzhou; 510260; Guangdong Province; China
Research Administration and Development; University of Limpopo; South Africa; DSI-NRF SARChI Chair; Department of Biodiversity; University of Limpopo; South Africa
Department of Biodiversity; University of Limpopo; South Africa
Phthiraptera Brueelia-complex Brueelia African pied Brueelia Philopteridae Ploceidae new species new records South Africa

Abstract

Three species of the genus Brueelia Kéler, 1936 are reported from South Africa for the first time: Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838) ex Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758), Brueelia queleae Sychra & Barlev [in Sychra et al.], 2010a ex Quelea quelea lathami (Smith, 1836), and Brueelia coryliventer Gustafsson & Bush, 2015, ex Creatophora cinerea (Meuschen, 1787). In addition, two new species of Brueelia are described from South African ploceids: Brueelia oschadlei n. sp. ex Ploceus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766), and Brueelia inusta n. sp. ex Ploceus velatus tahatali Smith, 1836. Also, we discuss the “African pied Brueelia” species-group—to which the two new species belong—in particular the variation in pigmentation patterns on the subgenital plates of both sexes.

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