@article {94570, title = {Four new species of Brueelia K{\'e}ler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from African hosts, with a redescription of Nirmus bicurvatus Piaget, 1880}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2019}, month = {Jul-03-2020}, abstract = {

Four new species of Brueelia K\éler, 1936 are described and illustrated. All of them parasitize African endemic host species in the families Passeridae, Ploceidae, and Estrildidae (Passeriformes). They are: Brueelia pofadderensis sp. nov. ex Passer melanurus damarensis Reichenow, 1902 and P. m. vicinus Clancey, 1958; B. semiscalaris sp. nov. ex Granatina granatina (Linnaeus, 1758); B. sima sp. nov. ex Malimbus nitens (Gray, 1831); B. terpsichore sp. nov. ex Euplectes jacksoni (Sharpe, 1891) and E. progne delamerei (Shelley, 1903). In addition, Brueelia bicurvata (Piaget, 1880) is redescribed and reillustrated from non-type material. A summary of all published records of lice in the Brueelia complex from Africa since 1980 is provided. We also estimate the unknown diversity of African species of Brueelia based on an index of host specificity calculated for each host family independently. The unknown diversity is estimated to be over 1000 species of Brueelia from African hosts, compared to the \< 50 species in this genus currently recorded from Africa.

}, keywords = {Brueelia complex, host specificity., new species, species diversity}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2019.507}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/659}, author = {Daniel R Gustafsson and Fasheng Zou and Lucie Oslejskova and Tomas Najer and Old{\v r}ich Sychra} } @article {94550, title = {Redescriptions of thirteen species of chewing lice in the Brueelia- complex (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), with one new synonymy and a neotype designation for Nirmus lais Giebel, 1874}, journal = {Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift}, volume = {66}, year = {2019}, pages = {17 - 39}, abstract = {

Thirteen species of chewing lice in the Brueelia-complex are redescribed and illustrat- ed. They are: Brueelia blagovescenskyi Bal\át, 1955, ex Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnae- us, 1758); B. breueri Bal\át, 1955, ex Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758); B. conocephala (Blagoveshchensky, 1940) ex Sitta europaea (Linnaeus, 1758); B. ferianci Bal\át, 1955, ex Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus, 1758); B. glizi Bal\át, 1955, ex Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, 1758; B. kluzi Bal\át, 1955, ex Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758; B. kratochvili Bal\át, 1958, ex Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758; B. matvejevi Bal\át, 1981, ex Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758; B. pelikani Bal\át, 1958, ex Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli, 1769; B. rosickyi Bal\át, 1955, ex Sylvia nisoria (Bechstein, 1792); B. vaneki Bal\át, 1981, ex Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Linnaeus, 1758); Guimaraesiella haftorni (Bal\át, 1958) ex Turdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1758; G. lais (Giebel, 1874) ex Luscinia megarhyn- chos (Brehm, 1831). Redescriptions are made from type material where available. Holo- types are identified in Bal\át\’s material when possible, and lectotypes are designated for B. blagovescenskyi, B. breueri, B. glizi, B. ferianci, B. kluzi, B. kratochvili, B. pelikani, and B. rosickyi; a neotype of Nirmus lais Giebel, 1874 is designated. Brueelia weberi Bal\át, 1982, is placed as a synonym of Brueelia conocephala (Blagoveshchensky, 1940).

}, keywords = {lectotype, neotype, redescription}, issn = {1435-1951}, doi = {10.3897/dez.66.32423}, url = {https://dez.pensoft.net/article/32423}, author = {Daniel R Gustafsson and Lucie Oslejskova and Tomas Najer and Old{\v r}ich Sychra and Fasheng Zou} }