Brueelia fasciata Sychra 2010, new species

Brueelia fasciata Sychra, new species (Figs. 1, 3–4, 12–13) Type host: Amadina fasciata (Gmelin): cut-throat finch. Male (n = 5). Head triangular with straight-sided forehead (Fig. 12). Preantennal region longer than postantennal region. Lateral sides of preantennal region almost straight with marginal carina interrupted in midline. Clavi triangular, diaphanous, longer than the first antennal segment. Pronotum with 1 seta on each posterolateral corner; metanotum with 7 setae (3 long, 4 short) on each posterolateral margin. Metathorax with straight lateral sides (Fig. 3). All abdominal tergites divided centrally. Tergal setae on each side as follows: tergites II (first apparent tergite)–IV, 0; V, 3–5; VI –VII, 5–7; VIII, 4–5; IX 5–6 (Fig. 1), terminally with 6 setae. Abdominal sterna with a pair of setae. Male genitalia as in Fig. 4. Endomeral complex contains a pair of broad sacs of rectangular shape, with smooth posterior margin. Dimensions: PAW, 0.21–0.22; PAL, 0.17–0.18; TW, 0.26–0.28; POL, 0.15–0.18; HL, 0.33–0.36; PW, 0.18–0.19; MW, 0.30–0.33; AWV, 0.43–0.44; TL, 1.29–1.35; GW, 0.075 –0.085. Female (n = 2). Similar to male (Fig. 12) except tergal setae on each side of abdominal segments as follows: II–IV, 0; V, 1; VI –VIII, 1; IX, 4 (2 long, 2 short). Subgenital plate (Fig. 13) wide, slightly convex posteriorly with medial part almost straight. Dimensions: PAW, 0.25; PAL, 0.22; TW, 0.30–0.31; POL, 0.16–0.19; HL, 0.38–0.41; PW, 0.20; MW, 0.33–0.34; AWV, 0.50; TL, 1.76–1.84. Type material. Male holotype, from Amadina fasciata, SENEGAL: Matam (15° 37ʹ N, 13° 20ʹ W), 6 September 2007, Literák, Č apek & Koubek leg. Paratypes: 3 males, 1 female with same data as holotype, deposited in the Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic (MZM) (O.Sychra-SE55–SE58); 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype, deposited in the Natural History Museum, London (NHML) (O.Sychra-SE59–SE60). Remarks. A characteristic feature of Brueelia lice from estrildid hosts is a triangular head with a straightsided forehead, and the lateral sides of the marginal carina interrupted in the midline. Brueelia fasciata is morphologically similar to five species from estrildid hosts: B. stenozona (Kellogg & Chapman, 1902); B. eichleri Lakshminarayana, 1969; B. astrildae Tendeiro & Mendes, 1994; B. lonchurae Tendeiro & Mendes, 1994 and B. amandavae Rékási & Saxena, 2005. However, B. fasciata can be separated from them by the following combination of features: 1) absence of setae on tergite II–IV of male; 2) male genitalia with broad endomeral complex with smooth posterior margin (male of B. stenozona has endomeral complex strongly serrated and male of B. amandavae has slender endomeral complex; the other species of Brueelia were described on the basis of single females); 3) female subgenital plate wide, slightly convex posteriorly with medial part almost straight (females of other estrildid Brueelia have subgenital plate with conspicuously convex margin medially); 4) broad head with temple width at least 0.30 mm.
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 61
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