Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from wild passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in northern Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species Author Najer, Tomas Author Sychra, Oldrich Author Hung, Nguyen Manh Author Capek, Miroslav Author Podzemny, Petr Author Literak, Ivan text Zootaxa 2012 3530 59 73 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.215422 fa0e157d-9216-4342-a648-fbeddbe677a5 1175-5326 215422 Brueelia sp. 1 Material studied. 1 male , 1 nymph, VIETNAM : surroundings of the tourist center and ranger station in central part of Cuc Phuong National Park, Cuc Phuong, Province of Ninh Binh ( 20°15' N 105°42' E ), 3 and 4 February 2010 , coll. I. Literak. Remarks. These specimens of Brueelia sp. 1 represent the first record of that louse genus from the family Eurylaimidae , as well as the first record from this family in Vietnam . Unfortunately, it was not possible to identify these lice to the species level because of lack of material, especially the lack of females. They may represent a new, yet undescribed species. Two of three birds examined were parasitized by Brueelia sp. 1 TABLE 1. List of wild passerines ( Aves : Passeriformes ) as hosts of chewing lice found in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam in 2010.

Host Family Eurylaimidae	Family/Species of chewing lice	P A	3	Ƥ	Nymphs
Serilophus lunatus (Gould, 1834) Silver-breasted Broadbill	Menoponidae * Myrsidea sp. 1	1B/3	1	0	4
“ “ “	Philopteridae * Brueelia sp. 1	2/3	1	0	1
Family Muscicapidae Larvivora sibilans (Swinhoe, 1863) Rufous-tailed Robin “ “ “	Menoponidae * Menacanthus nogoma Uchida, 1926 Philopteridae * Brueelia sp. 2	2/21 1B/21	4 1	2 1	3 5
Niltava davidi La Touche, 1907 Fujian Niltava	Philopteridae * Philopterus sp.	7/12	12	41	53
Family Timaliidae Alcippe morrisonia Swinhoe, 1863 Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Macronous gularis (Horsfield, 1822) Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Schoeniparus rufogularis (Mandelli, 1873) Rufous-throated Fulvetta Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844 Grey-throated Babbler	Menoponidae * Myrsidea sp. 2 Philopteridae Brueelia hrabali sp. nov. Menoponidae Myrsidea annae sp. nov. Menoponidae * Myrsidea sp. 3	3/6 2/9 5/8 1B/7	0 3 3 0	0 9 4 0	10 5 27 1
“ “ “ Family Turdidae	Philopteridae * Brueelia sp. 3	1B/7	0	0	1
Turdus cardis Temminck, 1831 Japanese Thrush Zoothera dauma (Latham, 1790) Scaly Thrush Family Zosteropidae Zosterops japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 Japanese White-eye	Menoponidae Menacanthus sp. Philopteridae Brueelia neodaumae sp. nov. Menoponidae Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838)	1/4 1/1 19/42	0 4 2	0 15 3	4 53 54

A = prevalence as number of birds parasitized/number of birds examined. B = this bird was parasitised by this louse genus only. * = new louse-host association.