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Issue: Vol. 5588 No. 2: 14 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.2.10
Page range: 363-372
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Two new species of Guimaraesiella Eichler, 1949 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Tristan da Cunha finches

Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization; Institute of Zoology; Guangdong Academy of Sciences; Xingang Xilu 105; Haizhu District; Guangzhou; 510260; Guangdong; China; School of Biological Sciences; University of Utah; 257 S. 1400 E.; Salt Lake City; Utah 84112; U.S.A.
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization; Institute of Zoology; Guangdong Academy of Sciences; Xingang Xilu 105; Haizhu District; Guangzhou; 510260; Guangdong; China
Phthiraptera Ischnocera Philopteridae Guimaraesiella new species Tristan da Cunha Thraupidae Nesospiza finch

Abstract

We describe Guimaraesiella (Guimaraesiella) inaccessibilis sp. nov. from the Inaccessible Island finch, Nesospiza acunhae Cabanis, 1873 (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), and Guimaraesiella (Guimaraesiella) aedon sp. nov. from the Nightingale Island finch, Nesospiza questi Lowe, 1923. Considering that the conservation status of both host species is “vulnerable”, it can be assumed that G. (G.) inaccessibilis and G. (G.) aedon are also vulnerable.

 

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