| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2026 |
| Authors: | D. R. Gustafsson |
| Journal: | Zootaxa |
| Volume: | 5862 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 145-162 |
| Date Published: | Aug-04-2026 |
| ISSN: | 1175-5334, 1175-5326 |
| Keywords: | Brueelia (Brueelia) bongbong sp. nov. ex Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca, Brueelia sensu stricto, Brueelia-complex, Chewing lice, flycatchers, Guimaraesiella (Guimaraesiella) duplicata sp. nov. ex Grallina bruijni Guimaraesiella (Guimaraesiella) megacephala sp. nov. ex Terpsiphone mutata mutata, new species |
| Abstract: | Three new species of lice in the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) are described and illustrated, based on material collected from monarch flycatchers (Passeriformes: Monarchidae): Brueelia (Brueelia) bongbong sp. nov. ex Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca (Latham, 1801); Guimaraesiella (Guimaraesiella) duplicata sp. nov. ex Grallina bruijni Salvadori, 1875; Guimaraesiella (Guimaraesiella) megacephala sp. nov. ex Terpsiphone mutata mutata (Linnaeus, 1766). These louse species are congruent with a trend of open-country songbirds being parasitised by species of Brueelia, whereas humid-forest songbirds are generally parasitised by species of Guimaraesiella. Other examples of this trend are discussed. |
| URL: | https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5862.1.6 |
| DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.5862.1.6 |
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