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Valim &amp; Palma
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species:
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<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33606FE153B7AFD9D" box="[299,605,510,532]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD337BAFDAA382DFDD3" bold="true" box="[151,266,577,602]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The new genus is morphologically close to some species of
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from
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,
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from
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from
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(see Table 1). However, both sexes of
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can be distinguished from them by this combination of characters: (1) a well formed anterior dorsal head plate, (2) a lateral split of the marginal carina, (3) a seta accessory to the post-spiracular seta on segments IIIVII, (4) tergopleurites II without anterior setae, (5) male head shape, (6) male antennae with scapus and last two distal flagellomeres enlarged, (7) female tergite XI fused with IX+X, and (8) reticulation in the subgenital plate.
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Males of
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have the distal antennal flagellomeres swollen and dorsally unsclerotized, but still showing a line of division, appearing as a &quot;pseudo-fusion&quot;. Males of some species of
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and
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have an enlarged scapus, but the flagellomeres are uniformly sclerotized and not enlarged. As in
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, some species of
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parasitizing the passerine families
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(e.g.
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,
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,
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<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD3356FFC413BCAFC4B" box="[578,749,937,962]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">B. longisternus</emphasis>
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) and
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(e.g.
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<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD333A0FC413C3AFC48" box="[1165,1309,938,961]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">B. stenozona</emphasis>
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) also have sexually dimorphic antennae with an enlarged scapus in males (
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,
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), but males of
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also have swollen distal antennal flagellomeres, and a tuft of less than 10 pleural distal setae on each side of segments IX+X. Furthermore, both sexes in species of
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have a sub-spherical head shape with a convex preantennal margin, and accessory setae to the post-spiracular seta on tergites IIVII (
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFE8FFD337B3FBB6381DFBFF" author="Ansari" box="[158,314,1117,1142]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" refString="Ansari, M. A. R. (1956 a) A revision of the Bruelia (Mallophaga) species infesting the Corvidae Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 4 (8), 371 - 406." type="journal article" year="1956" yearSuffix="a">Ansari 1956a</bibRefCitation>
,
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). The male genitalia of
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD335B3FBB63A08FBFF" box="[670,815,1117,1142]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Melibrueelia</emphasis>
are similar to those found in some species of
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<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33211FBB63CBBFBFF" box="[1340,1436,1117,1142]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Brueelia</emphasis>
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from
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(e.g.
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: figs 2426).
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Regarding females, species of
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<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33569FB4D3BFFFB34" box="[580,728,1190,1213]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Corvonirmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and those of the
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD334E5FB4E3D0EFB37" box="[968,1065,1189,1214]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD334E5FB4E3D0EFB37" box="[968,1065,1189,1214]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Brueelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33368FB4E3DF7FB37" box="[1093,1232,1189,1214]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">longisternus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgroup” from
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have tergites IX+X not fused with XI, unlike
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33420FB223AB9FB6B" box="[781,926,1225,1250]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Melibrueelia</emphasis>
which has tergites IX+X+XI fused (see Table 1). However, females of
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<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33695FB063B66FA8F" box="[440,577,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Turdinirmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
do have tergites IX+X fused with XI, but can be separated from those of
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD337BAFAFA380FFAA3" box="[151,296,1297,1322]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Melibrueelia</emphasis>
either by their subgenital plate being nearly square distally (i.e. not forming a “cross piece”) or by the presence of post-spiracular setae on segments IVVII (see Table 1).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFE8FFD337EAFAB238C6FA54" blockId="3.[151,1437,577,2006]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">
Females of some
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD336A1FAB238CBFAFB" box="[396,492,1369,1394]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="lato">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD336A1FAB238CBFAFB" box="[396,492,1369,1394]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Brueelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="42D957D6FFE8FFD336D9FAB13B43FAFB" box="[500,612,1369,1394]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
(e.g.
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD33589FAB13AEBFAFB" authority="Clay, 1936" authorityName="Clay" authorityYear="1936" box="[676,972,1369,1394]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandalae">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33589FAB13B92FAF8" box="[676,693,1370,1393]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD335EEFAB23A11FAFB" box="[707,822,1369,1394]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">grandalae</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFE8FFD33468FAB23AE3FAFB" author="Clay" box="[837,964,1369,1394]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" refString="Clay, T. (1936) New species of Mallophaga recorded from Asiatic birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1935, 905 - 914, 2 pls." type="proceedings paper" year="1936">Clay, 1936</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD334F5FAB13C3CFAFB" authority="Ansari, 1956" authorityName="Ansari" authorityYear="1956" box="[984,1307,1369,1394]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antennatus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD334F5FAB13ACEFAF8" box="[984,1001,1370,1393]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD334DAFAB13D55FAF8" box="[1015,1138,1370,1393]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">antennatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFE8FFD33354FAB23C3CFAFB" author="Ansari" box="[1145,1307,1369,1394]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" refString="Ansari, M. A. R. (1956 b) A brief survey of Bruelia species (Ischnocera: Mallophaga) parasitic on the babblers and laughing thrushes (Timaliidae). Pakistan Journal of Health, 6 (3), 133 - 174." type="journal article" year="1956" yearSuffix="b">Ansari, 1956b</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD3320BFAB13867FA1F" authority="Ansari, 1956" authorityName="Ansari" authorityYear="1956" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="effronte">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD3320BFAB13C10FAF8" box="[1318,1335,1370,1393]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD3326BFAB13CBBFAFB" box="[1350,1436,1370,1394]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">effronte</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFE8FFD337BAFA963867FA1F" author="Ansari" box="[151,320,1405,1430]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" refString="Ansari, M. A. R. (1956 b) A brief survey of Bruelia species (Ischnocera: Mallophaga) parasitic on the babblers and laughing thrushes (Timaliidae). Pakistan Journal of Health, 6 (3), 133 - 174." type="journal article" year="1956" yearSuffix="b">Ansari, 1956b</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD3367FFA953BE2FA1F" authority="Ansari, 1956" authorityName="Ansari" authorityYear="1956" box="[338,709,1405,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impressifrons">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD3367FFA953844FA1C" box="[338,355,1406,1429]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33655FA953B29FA1F" box="[376,526,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">impressifrons</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFE8FFD33530FA963BE2FA1F" author="Ansari" box="[541,709,1405,1430]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" refString="Ansari, M. A. R. (1956 b) A brief survey of Bruelia species (Ischnocera: Mallophaga) parasitic on the babblers and laughing thrushes (Timaliidae). Pakistan Journal of Health, 6 (3), 133 - 174." type="journal article" year="1956" yearSuffix="b">Ansari, 1956b</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD335FAFA953D0CFA1F" authority="Ansari, 1956" authorityName="Ansari" authorityYear="1956" box="[727,1067,1405,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="novofacies">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD335FAFA953BCFFA1C" box="[727,744,1406,1429]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD335D3FA953A51FA1F" box="[766,886,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">novofacies</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFE8FFD334A9FA963D0CFA1F" author="Ansari" box="[900,1067,1405,1430]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" refString="Ansari, M. A. R. (1956 b) A brief survey of Bruelia species (Ischnocera: Mallophaga) parasitic on the babblers and laughing thrushes (Timaliidae). Pakistan Journal of Health, 6 (3), 133 - 174." type="journal article" year="1956" yearSuffix="b">Ansari, 1956b</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
) have a fused terminal tergite (IX+X+XI), but those species differ from
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD3355FFA4A3A24FA33" box="[626,771,1441,1466]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Melibrueelia</emphasis>
either by the shape of preantennal region or by not having sexually dimorphic antennae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFE8FFD337EAFA023DC6F9E4" blockId="3.[151,1437,577,2006]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">
Females of some species of
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD33526FA023BB5F98B" box="[523,658,1513,1538]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Meropsiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33526FA023BB5F98B" box="[523,658,1513,1538]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Meropsiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g.
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD335F9FA023DB4F98B" authority="Piaget, 1885" authorityName="Piaget" authorityYear="1885" box="[724,1171,1513,1538]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Meropsiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="erythropteri" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD335F9FA023ACDF98B" box="[724,1002,1513,1538]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Meropsiella erythropteri</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFE8FFD334D6FA023DABF98B" author="Piaget" box="[1019,1164,1513,1538]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" refString="Piaget, E. (1885) Les Pediculines. Essai Monographique. Supplement. E. J. Brill, Leide, xvi + 200 pp., 17 pls." type="book" year="1885">Piaget, 1885</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="42D957D6FFE8FFD333B1FA023C4DF98B" box="[1180,1386,1513,1538]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD333B1FA023C4DF98B" bold="true" box="[1180,1386,1513,1538]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">new combination</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD337BAF9E53B2BF9AF" authority="Williams, 1981" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="1981" box="[151,524,1549,1574]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Meropsiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bullockoda" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD337BAF9E53819F9AF" box="[151,318,1549,1574]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">M. bullockoda</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFE8FFD3367CF9E63B23F9AF" author="Williams" box="[337,516,1549,1574]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" refString="Williams, N. S. (1981) The Brueelia (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) of the Meropidae (Aves: Coraciiformes). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 54 (3), 510 - 518." type="journal article" year="1981">Williams, 1981</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="42D957D6FFE8FFD33535F9E63BCEF9AF" box="[536,745,1549,1574]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33535F9E63BCEF9AF" bold="true" box="[536,745,1549,1574]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">new combination</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
) also have tergite XI fused with IX+X, but both sexes of
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD337BAF9DA3839F9C3" box="[151,286,1585,1610]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Meropsiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD337BAF9DA3839F9C3" box="[151,286,1585,1610]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Meropsiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are distinct from those of
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD3356AF9DA3BFFF9C3" box="[583,728,1585,1610]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Melibrueelia</emphasis>
in head features and by having 4 setae on sternites VI (usually only 2 setae on most genera of the
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD33530F9BE3B5AF9E7" box="[541,637,1621,1646]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33530F9BE3B5AF9E7" box="[541,637,1621,1646]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Brueelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-complex) and no post-spiracular setae on segment III.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFE8FFD337EAF9923B34F8AB" blockId="3.[151,1437,577,2006]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">
Females of species of
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD336E1F9923B48F91B" box="[460,623,1657,1682]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Formicaricola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD336E1F9923B48F91B" box="[460,623,1657,1682]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Formicaricola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD33581F9923A7AF91B" box="[684,861,1657,1682]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Formicaphagus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33581F9923A7AF91B" box="[684,861,1657,1682]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Formicaphagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have tergite XI fused with IX+X, but they differ from those of
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33668F97638F1F93F" box="[325,470,1693,1718]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Melibrueelia</emphasis>
by not having: (1) reticulation in the subgenital plate, (2) tergopleural setae and accessory seta to the post-spiracular seta on III, and (3) a distal “cross piece” in the subgenital plate. Males of
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD337BAF90E381CF977" box="[151,315,1765,1790]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Formicaricola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD337BAF90E381CF977" box="[151,315,1765,1790]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Formicaricola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFE8FFD3365EF90E3B03F977" box="[371,548,1765,1790]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Formicaphagus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD3365EF90E3B03F977" box="[371,548,1765,1790]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Formicaphagus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lack: (1) both tergopleural setae and accessory seta to the post-spiracular seta on III, and (2) antennal swellings.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="23846534FFE8FFD437EAF8C63B53FC41" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="484" pageId="3" pageNumber="483" type="description">
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFE8FFD437EAF8C63A87FE25" blockId="3.[151,1437,577,2006]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,1184]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="484" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD337EAF8C638D2F8CC" bold="true" box="[199,501,1836,1862]" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">
Description.
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33644F8C738D2F8CC" box="[361,501,1836,1861]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Both sexes.</emphasis>
</emphasis>
Head: symmetric, with triangular preantennal region (
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A,B2); dorsal preantennal region with well-formed dorsal anterior plate well delineated; marginal carina interrupted in the midline with its extremes joined by a hyaline margin, but
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFE8FFD33440F89E3A82F807" box="[877,933,1909,1934]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">dsms</emphasis>
(dorsal submarginal seta) arises from an unsclerotized area which divides the marginal carina forming a discrete lateral division, and the dorsal preantennal suture arises from this discrete division laterally from the marginal carina (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFE8FFD3333CF8563D7DF85F" box="[1041,1114,1981,2006]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1122,1144]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,196,1086]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1101]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 2. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male head in dorsal view; (B) female head in dorso / vental views. Abbreviations: as, anterior seta; ads, anterior dorsal seta; avs, anterior ventral seta; co, conus; dap, dorsal anterior plate; dprs, dorsal preantennal suture; dsms, dorsal submarginal seta; el, eye lens; hm, hyaline margin; mc, marginal carina; mds, mandibular seta; mtc, marginal temporal carina; mts, marginal temporal seta; os, ocular seta; pas, preantennal seta; pcs, preconal seta; pns, postnodal seta; pos, preocular seta; pts, postemporal seta; s, sensilla; vap, ventral anterior plate; vsms, ventral submarginal seta." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232351/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="483">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Ventral carina interrupted medially and fused anteriorly on each side with marginal carina; each half of the divided carina entirely sclerotized and with a flattened portion to which the lobe of the pulvinus is attached (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD434C8FF573D0DFF5D" box="[997,1066,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1122,1144]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,196,1086]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1101]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 2. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male head in dorsal view; (B) female head in dorso / vental views. Abbreviations: as, anterior seta; ads, anterior dorsal seta; avs, anterior ventral seta; co, conus; dap, dorsal anterior plate; dprs, dorsal preantennal suture; dsms, dorsal submarginal seta; el, eye lens; hm, hyaline margin; mc, marginal carina; mds, mandibular seta; mtc, marginal temporal carina; mts, marginal temporal seta; os, ocular seta; pas, preantennal seta; pcs, preconal seta; pns, postnodal seta; pos, preocular seta; pts, postemporal seta; s, sensilla; vap, ventral anterior plate; vsms, ventral submarginal seta." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232351/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B). Pulvinus with definite lateral lobes attached to flattened parts of the ventral carinae. Ocular and preocular setae short, preocular seta set submarginally and posterior to eye lens. Anterior ventral setae (
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD43450FEEE3A85FE95" box="[893,930,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">avs</emphasis>
): two long (
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD43369FEEF3DA8FE95" box="[1092,1167,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">avs2-3</emphasis>
), one medium (
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD43275FEEF3CACFE95" box="[1368,1419,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">avs1</emphasis>
). Postantennal region without sutures or developed temporal carina; both post-nodal seta (
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD433B9FEC23D9CFEC9" box="[1172,1211,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">pns</emphasis>
) and post-temporal seta (
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD437F9FEA639D2FEED" box="[212,245,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">pts</emphasis>
) very reduced. Head sensilla present (
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD43585FEA73BCFFEED" box="[680,744,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">s1s4</emphasis>
), each bearing a very reduced seta. Marginal temporal seta 3 (
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD4378DFE9B39F2FE01" box="[160,213,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">mts3</emphasis>
) very long, all others (
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD436F4FE9B3B0DFE01" box="[473,554,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">mts12</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD43514FE9B3BADFE0E" box="[569,650,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">mts45</emphasis>
) very short (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD43431FE843A43FE01" box="[796,868,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1122,1144]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,196,1086]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1101]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 2. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male head in dorsal view; (B) female head in dorso / vental views. Abbreviations: as, anterior seta; ads, anterior dorsal seta; avs, anterior ventral seta; co, conus; dap, dorsal anterior plate; dprs, dorsal preantennal suture; dsms, dorsal submarginal seta; el, eye lens; hm, hyaline margin; mc, marginal carina; mds, mandibular seta; mtc, marginal temporal carina; mts, marginal temporal seta; os, ocular seta; pas, preantennal seta; pcs, preconal seta; pns, postnodal seta; pos, preocular seta; pts, postemporal seta; s, sensilla; vap, ventral anterior plate; vsms, ventral submarginal seta." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232351/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Figs 2</figureCitation>
A,B). Occipital carina present, weakly sclerotized. Gular plate roughly pentagonal in shape and well sclerotized (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD43463FE7F3AB5FE25" box="[846,914,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1842,1864]" captionTargetBox="[176,1400,276,1765]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,193,1821]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 3. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in ventral view; (B) female habitus in ventral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232352/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFEFFFD437EAFE5C3AF1FD91" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD437EAFE5C383FFE59" box="[199,280,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Thorax</emphasis>
: As in
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD43640FE5C388AFE59" box="[365,429,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[153,1427,194,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in dorso / vental views; (B) female habitus in dorso / vental views; (C) male genitalia. Abbreviation: ter XI = Tergite XI." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232350/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
A,B. Prothorax roughly rectangular, with one pair of medium-long post-spiracular setae; pterothorax without signs of division between meso- and metathorax, and with one spine-like, one trichoid, and ca. 6 setae each side of its posterior margin. Legs without distinctive features.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFEFFFD437EAFDCF3DFCFD0D" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD437EAFDCF3816FDB4" box="[199,305,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Distinctly sexually dimorphic (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD43584FDCF3BC8FDB5" box="[681,751,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[153,1427,194,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in dorso / vental views; (B) female habitus in dorso / vental views; (C) male genitalia. Abbreviation: ter XI = Tergite XI." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232350/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Figs 1</figureCitation>
A,B, 3), but with similar chaetotaxy pattern in both sexes; pleural setae present on IVVIII; accessory to post-spiracular seta present on IIIVII; post-spiracular setae present on VVII. Porotaxy: sensilla present on tergites IIV and sternites IIVI (laterad to pair of setae).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFEFFFD437EAFD643AD1FCD4" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD437EAFD64382EFD21" bold="true" box="[199,265,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Male.</emphasis>
First antennal segment (scapus) very enlarged, and last three flagellomeres swollen (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD433DAFD643C18FD21" box="[1271,1343,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[153,1427,194,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in dorso / vental views; (B) female habitus in dorso / vental views; (C) male genitalia. Abbreviation: ter XI = Tergite XI." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232350/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Figs 1</figureCitation>
A, 2A). Ventral surface of distal three flagellomeres normally sclerotized and clearly divided, but dorsally unsclerotized from distal end of flagellomere I to flagellomere IV, and faintly divided. Abdomen ovoid (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD433DFFD3C3C1BFD79" box="[1266,1340,727,752]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[153,1427,194,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in dorso / vental views; (B) female habitus in dorso / vental views; (C) male genitalia. Abbreviation: ter XI = Tergite XI." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232350/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Figs 1</figureCitation>
A, 3A). Tergopleural plates roughly triangular. Anal and genital openings (and anal setae) close together on the dorsal surface. Tergal plates IX+X fused, distinct and medially divided. Tergite XI as a thin transverse band sclerotized on each side but not in the middle line (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD43502FCAF3B49FCD5" box="[559,622,836,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[153,1427,194,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in dorso / vental views; (B) female habitus in dorso / vental views; (C) male genitalia. Abbreviation: ter XI = Tergite XI." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232350/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
A). Genitalia as in
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD4346BFCAF3AAFFCD5" box="[838,904,836,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[153,1427,194,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in dorso / vental views; (B) female habitus in dorso / vental views; (C) male genitalia. Abbreviation: ter XI = Tergite XI." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232350/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Figs 1</figureCitation>
C, 6AC.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFEFFFD437EAFC8C3B53FC41" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD437EAFC8C3803FC09" bold="true" box="[199,292,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Female.</emphasis>
Abdomen elongated (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD43503FC8C3B50FC09" box="[558,631,871,896]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[153,1427,194,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in dorso / vental views; (B) female habitus in dorso / vental views; (C) male genitalia. Abbreviation: ter XI = Tergite XI." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232350/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Figs 1</figureCitation>
B, 3B) and antennae filiform (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD434CAFC8C3D16FC09" box="[999,1073,871,896]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1122,1144]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,196,1086]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1101]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 2. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male head in dorsal view; (B) female head in dorso / vental views. Abbreviations: as, anterior seta; ads, anterior dorsal seta; avs, anterior ventral seta; co, conus; dap, dorsal anterior plate; dprs, dorsal preantennal suture; dsms, dorsal submarginal seta; el, eye lens; hm, hyaline margin; mc, marginal carina; mds, mandibular seta; mtc, marginal temporal carina; mts, marginal temporal seta; os, ocular seta; pas, preantennal seta; pcs, preconal seta; pns, postnodal seta; pos, preocular seta; pts, postemporal seta; s, sensilla; vap, ventral anterior plate; vsms, ventral submarginal seta." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232351/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B). Subgenital plate reticulated medially (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD43624FC673868FC2D" box="[265,335,908,933]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[153,1427,194,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) male habitus in dorso / vental views; (B) female habitus in dorso / vental views; (C) male genitalia. Abbreviation: ter XI = Tergite XI." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232350/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Figs 1</figureCitation>
B, 3B, 7B), with sclerotization on distal vulvar margin (&quot;cross piece&quot; of
<bibRefCitation id="0F0F4B4EFFEFFFD433BDFC673C09FC2C" author="Ansari" box="[1168,1326,908,933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484" refString="Ansari, M. A. R. (1956 b) A brief survey of Bruelia species (Ischnocera: Mallophaga) parasitic on the babblers and laughing thrushes (Timaliidae). Pakistan Journal of Health, 6 (3), 133 - 174." type="journal article" year="1956" yearSuffix="b">Ansari 1956b</bibRefCitation>
). Tergites IXXXI fused in a single plate (
<figureCitation id="F3A52A3AFFEFFFD43520FC443B77FC41" box="[525,592,943,968]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1339,1361]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,373,1299]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,373,1318]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 7. Female terminalia. Melibrueelia novaeseelandiae: (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view. Brueelia callaeincola: (C) dorsal view; (D) ventral view. Abbreviations: pssVII, postspiracular seta of tergite VII; tr, trichoid seta of the tergite VIII." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232356/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
A).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="23846534FFEFFFD437EAFC3F3844FBBC" pageId="4" pageNumber="484" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFEFFFD437EAFC3F3844FBBC" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD437EAFC3F3869FC64" bold="true" box="[199,334,980,1005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD436F9FC3F3B42FC64" box="[468,613,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Melibrueelia</emphasis>
is formed with the prefix
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD434B3FC3F3AF6FC64" box="[926,977,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Meli</emphasis>
- (Greek) = honey, referring to the host family
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFEFFFD437C1FC1C38AEFB99" box="[236,393,1015,1040]" class="Aves" family="Meliphagidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Meliphagidae</taxonomicName>
, and the suffix -
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFEFFFD4357DFC1C3B8AFB99" box="[592,685,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="498" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD4357DFC1C3B8AFB99" box="[592,685,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">brueelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
referring to the widespread and closely related genus
<taxonomicName id="AC9E4D3CFFEFFFD43219FC1C3CB3FB99" box="[1332,1428,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Philopteridae" genus="Brueelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD43219FC1C3CB3FB99" box="[1332,1428,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Brueelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Gender: feminine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="23846534FFEFFFD437EAFBD43B99FB29" pageId="4" pageNumber="484" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="6B2136BFFFEFFFD437EAFBD43B99FB29" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="59EAEAADFFEFFFD437EAFBD43817FBD1" bold="true" box="[199,304,1087,1112]" pageId="4" pageNumber="484">Remark.</emphasis>
Considering that the new genus is at present monotypic, it is difficult to ascertain the boundaries of its range of morphological variation. It is expected that some the features described above for the genus may prove to be useful for species-level differentiation only.
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</subSubSection>
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