Chewing lice of the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) parasitic on members of the Campephagidae (Aves: Passeriformes), with description of a new subgenus and 14 new species
Author
Gustafsson, Daniel R.
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilisation, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conserva-
Author
Bush, Sarah E.
0000-0002-2913-4876
School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2913 - 4876
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-13
5165
1
1
55
journal article
96409
10.11646/zootaxa.5165.1.1
e0b81d80-9028-405c-ba4a-4f78e464e730
1175-5326
6825547
A03F9711-19D7-4D7A-B30E-842DA141B2A0
Indoceoplanetes
(
Indoceoplanetes
)
Gustafsson & Bush, 2017
Brueelia
Kéler, 1936: 257
(
in partim
).
Indoceoplanetes
Gustafsson & Bush, 2017: 137
.
Type
species:
Brueelia indonesiana
Eichler, 1947: 8
. By original designation.
Remarks.
All species of
Indoceoplanetes
(
Indoceoplanetes
)
described here are largely translucent with some brown parts. The extent of the pigmentation is shown in the illustrations of heads by grey, dotted lines. Pigmentation varies among individuals, and illustrations show typical pigmentation patterns for each species. Other morphological characters should be used instead of, or in addition to pigmentation patterns for species identification.
The chaetotaxy of the male genitalia in species of
In.
(
Indoceoplanetes
) is difficult to see, in particular the dorsal anterior mesosomal setae [
ames
], which are often obscured by the dorsal fringe, and some ventral setae may be obscured by the oblique rugose fringes. Here, we describe the setae visible from the specimens we have examined and, in some cases, they differ between species. However, as genital chaetotaxy is generally conserved within a genus of the
Brueelia
-complex, we do not consider differences in genital chaetotaxy as taxonomically important. In future studies, with better quality specimens and/or more powerful imaging methods, it may be possible to determine if these differences are significant.