Brueelia senegala Sychra 2010, new species

Brueelia senegala Sychra, new species (Figs. 7–11, 16–17) Type host: Lagonosticta senegala (Linnaeus): red-billed firefinch Male (n = 4). Head similar to B. fasciata, but with uninterrupted marginal carina (Fig. 16). Pronotum with 1 seta on each posterolateral corner; metanotum with 7 setae (3 long, 4 short) on each posterolateral margin. Metathorax with concave lateral sides and rounded apically (Fig. 8). All abdominal tergites divided centrally. Tergal setae on each side as follows: tergites II–IV, 0; V, 1–2; VI, 2–3; VII, 4–5; VIII, 3–4; IX 5 (Fig. 7), terminally with 4 setae. Abdominal sterna with a pair of setae. A pair of small oval-shaped plates placed between sternal and pleural plates on sternites III–VII (Fig. 7). Subgenital plate of characteristic shape (Fig. 9). Male genitalia as in Fig. 10, basal apodeme with conspicuous concave lateral margin. Dimensions: PAW, 0.20; PAL, 0.18–0.21; TW, 0.24–0.25; POL, 0.15; HL, 0.33–0.36; PW, 0.17; MW, 0.26–0.27; AWV, 0.34–0.36; TL, 1.50–1.68; GW, 0.065. Female (n = 4). Similar to male except tergal setae on each side of abdominal segments as follows: II– V, 0; VI –VIII, 1; IX, 4 (2 long, 2 short) (Fig. 11). Subgenital plate (Fig. 17) wide, slightly convex posteriorly. Dimensions: PAW, 0.21–0.23; PAL, 0.20–0.23; TW, 0.26–0.27; POL, 0.15–0.17; HL, 0.35–0.40; PW, 0.18; MW, 0.28–0.31; AWV, 0.38–0.42; TL, 1.81–2.00. Type material. Male holotype, female allotype, from Lagonosticta senegala, SENEGAL: NP Niokolo Koba, Lengué Kountou (13° 04ʹ N, 13° 01ʹ W), 30 January 2005, Procházka & Koubek leg. Paratypes: 2 males, 2 females, same data as holotype, deposited in the Moravian Museum Brno, Czech Republic (MZM) (O.Sychra-SE67–SE69); 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype, deposited in the Natural History Museum, London (NHML) (O.Sychra-SE70). Remarks. Brueelia senegala is morphologically similar to B. fasciata but its triangular head with uninterrupted marginal carina, small oval-shaped plates placed between sternal and pleural plates and a subgenital plate of characteristic shape distinguish B. senegala from all other estrildid Brueelia.
Published as part of Sychra, Oldŕich, Literák, Ivan, Najer, Tomáš, Čapek, Miroslav, Koubek, Petr & Procházka, Petr, 2010, Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from estrildid finches (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) and louse-flies (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from birds in Senegal, with descriptions of three new species of the genus Brueelia, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 2714 on page 65