Redescriptions of thirteen species of chewing lice in the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), with one new synonymy and a neotype designation for Nirmus lais Giebel, 1874 Author Gustafsson, Daniel R. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, China kotatsu@fripost.org Author Oslejskova, Lucie Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho tr. 1946 / 1, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic Author Najer, Tomas Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic Author Sychra, Oldrich Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho tr. 1946 / 1, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic Author Zou, Fasheng Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, China text Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2019 2019-02-17 66 1 17 39 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.32423 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.32423 1860-1324-1-17 8B55AC08B6EA4488885026CB8E1A4207 CCADCE84AF7853B38BDECA3AF1BE9C60 2562432 Brueelia matvejevi Balat , 1981 Figs 69-70 , 71-75 Brueelia matvejevi Balat , 1981: 278. Type host. Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758, mistle thrush ( Turdidae ). Type locality. Zabljak, Montenegro. Description. Both sexes. Head flat dome-shaped (Fig. 71 ), lateral margins of preantennal area convex, frons flat to slightly concave. Marginal carina moderate in width, median margin slightly undulating, deeply displaced and widened at osculum. Ventral anterior plate small, shield-shaped with concave anterior margin. Head chaetotaxy and pigmentation patterns as in Figure 71 ; pigmentation very uniform, and difference between different areas slight. Preantennal nodi slightly bulging. Pre- and postocular nodi large. Marginal temporal carina wide, with undulating median margin. Gular plate broad, with concave lateral margins. Thoracic and abdominal segments as in Figures 69 and 70 . Thoracic and abdominal pigmentation more or less uniform, and not denoted in Figures 69 , 70 . Figures 69, 70. Brueelia matvejevi Balat , 1981, ex Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758 69 Male habitus, dorsal and ventral views 70 Female habitus, dorsal and ventral views. Figures 71-75. Brueelia matvejevi Balat , 1981, ex Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758. 71 Male head, dorsal and ventral views 72 Male genitalia, dorsal view 73 Male mesosome, ventro-lateral view 74 Male paramere, dorsal view 75 Female subgenital plate and vulval margin, ventral view. Male. Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Figure 69 ; aps on tergopleurites V-VI absent in some specimens, and only present on one side of tergopleurite VI in holotype. Basal apodeme with shallowly concave lateral margins (Fig. 72 ). Proximal mesosome as in Figure 73 . Mesosomal lobes wide, converging distally, with extensive rugose area in distal end. Gonopore large, crescent-shaped. Parameres stout, elongated distally (Fig. 74 ); pst1-s as in Figure 74 . Measurements ( n = 12): TL = 1.47-1.64 (1.56); HL = 0.33-0.37 (0.35); HW = 0.28-0.32 (0.30); PRW = 0.19-0.22 (0.21); PTW = 0.28-0.31 (0.30); AW = 0.37-0.44 (0.41). Female. Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Figure 70 . Subgenital plate rounded pentagonal (Fig. 75 ), with connection to cross-piece moderate in width. Vulval margin gently rounded to flattened medianly, with 4 or 5 short, slender vms and 2 or 3 short, thorn-like vss on each side; 3 or 4 short, slender vos on each side of subgenital plate; distal 1 vos median to vss. Measurements ( n = 15): TL = 1.53-1.93 (1.73); HL = 0.35-0.41 (0.38); HW = 0.28-0.35 (0.32); PRW = 0.20-0.24 (0.22); PTW = 0.28-0.35 (0.32); AW = 0.40-0.51 (0.46). Type material. Holotype ♂, Zabljak , Montenegro, 3 July 1958, S. Brelih (6342), F.B. 1523. Paratypes. 1♀ same collection data as holotype, S. Brelih (6344), F.B. 1524. 3♂, 1♀ Brno - Obora, Czechia, 15 Jun. 1954, F. Balat , 1416, 1417a, b, 1419. Non-types examined. Ex Turdus viscivorus viscivorus : 2♂, 2♀, Crno Jez, Durmitor, Montenegro, 8 July 1958, S. Brelih, 333, 1990, 1992-1993 (PMSL); 6♂, 10♀, Crno Jez, Durmitor, Montenegro, 3 July 1958, S. Brelih, 428-429, 628-629, 1997-1998, 6338-6339, 6341, 6343, 6345-6347, 6350-6352 (PMSL); 1♀, Crna Gora, Zabljak, Montenegro, 1 Mar. 1958, S. Brelih (NHML). Remarks. Balat (1981) explicitly designated the male on slide 1523 ( Brelih's collection number 6342) as the holotype, and this is confirmed by the handwritten note on the slide label. Another female from the same host specimen (slide no. 1524; Brelih's collection number 6344), and 20 males, 26 females, and 6 nymphs were designated as paratypes. Presently, six slides with the holotype and five paratypes are at the MMBC. All other specimens are missing from the MMBC, and must be regarded as lost.