New species and new records of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from South Africa Author Gustafsson, Daniel R. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China. Author Grossi, Alexandra A. 0000-0002-1397-4221 Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China. Author Halajian, Ali Research Administration and Development, University of Limpopo, South Africa. & DSI-NRF SARChI Chair, Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South Africa. Author Engelbrecht, Derek Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China. & Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South Africa. & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-29 5446 1 88 104 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.5 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.5 1175-5326 11084635 6D42C745-5B36-46CE-9958-3F83A33BEEC1 Brueelia coryliventer Gustafsson & Bush, 2015 Brueelia coryliventer Gustafsson & Bush, 2015: 513 . Type host: Creatophora cinerea (Meuschen, 1787) —wattled starling. Type locality: Isiolo , Kenya . Brueelia coryliventer was described by Gustafsson & Bush (2015) based on specimens from Kenya and Ethiopia , and the present report constitutes the first report of this species from South Africa . There are no significant morphological differences between these specimens and those reported by Gustafsson & Bush (2015) , except that the lateral folds of the mesosome of the two specimens examined from South Africa extend further distally than the median fold in both males, but the genitalia are somewhat distorted, and this could be artifactual. We therefore do not consider this slight difference significant and consider these specimens to be conspecific with B. coryliventer . Material examined (non-types). Ex Creatophora cinerea : 1♂ , 1♀ , De Loskop , Limpopo Province , South Africa , 20 Apr. 2015 , coll. A. Halajian , WStaDLap15 ( NHML ) . 1♂ , same locality, 7 Dec 2014 , coll. A. Halajian , Crecin 2 ( NHML ) . 1♀ , Welgelegen , Polokwane , Limpopo Province , South Africa , 25 May 2015 , coll. A. Halajian , WaStDerMey15 ( NHML ) .