Resurrection of Painjunirmus Ansari, 1947 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) as a subgenus of Brueelia Kéler, 1936, with description of one new species
Author
Gustafsson, Daniel R.
19BFE360-6665-4A1B-89DC-33E5D5AC6C39
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Zoology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
kotatsu@fripost.org
Author
Bush, Sarah E.
87DAE296-C04F-4DA5-82A9-AC2715A065F8
School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
bush@biology.utah.edu
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-11-07
968
174
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2727/12527
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.968.2727
2118-9773
14100656
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Key to the species of
Brueelia (Painjunirmus)
Ansari, 1947
Note that the species
Br.
(
Painjunirmus
)
parva
(
Mey, 2017
)
is not included in this key, as the original description, illustration and photos are inadequate to compare it with other species in this subgenus, and its relationship to
Br.
(
Painjunirmus
) is unclear.
1. Male tergopleurite III with
aps
(
Fig. 9
); proximal mesosome wider than long (
Fig. 14
); female vulval margin with more than 5
vss
(
Fig. 16
) ..................................................................................... ........................................................................
Brueelia
(
Painjunirmus
)
brevipennis
(
Ansari, 1956
)
– Male tergopleurite III without
aps
; proximal mesosome longer than wide; female vulval margin with 5
vss
or fewer .................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Male tergopleurite V with at least 1
tps
(
Fig. 17
); proximal mesosome elongated, pointed (
Fig. 22
) ...............................................................................
Brueelia
(
Painjunirmus
)
pengya
(
Ansari, 1947
)
.
– Male tergopleurite V without
tps
; proximal mesosome more or less rectangular ............................ 3
3. Sternal plates with lateral extensions, more prominent in male (
Fig. 1
) than in female (
Fig. 2
); vulval margin with median bulge (
Fig. 8
) .......................
Brueelia
(
Painjunirmus
)
chilchil
(
Ansari, 1955
)
– Sternal plates without lateral extensions (but may have concave lateral margins); vulval margin gently rounded .................................................................................................................................. 4
4. Male abdominal segments III–V with 2
ps
on each side (
Fig. 33
); shape of male mesosome as in
Fig. 38
; shape of female subgenital plate as in
Fig. 40
....................................................................... ..............................................................................
Brueelia
(
Painjunirmus
)
magnini
(
Ansari, 1956
)
– Male abdominal segments III–V with 3
ps
on each side (
Fig. 25
); shape of male mesosome as in
Fig. 30
; shape of female subgenital plate as in
Fig. 32
.........
Brueelia
(
Painjunirmus
)
alba
sp. nov.