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 text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-11-07 968 174 199 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2727/12527 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2024.968.2727 2118-9773 14100656 6E04160B-9B4D-4D93-BE81-E37D2253FDB1 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.