Brueelia longiabdominalis, Mey, 2017

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Bush, Sarah E. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2019, The genera and species of the Brueelia - complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017), Zootaxa 4615 (2), pp. 252-284 : 271

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Neosittiella longiabdominalis Mey, 2017

Neosittiella longiabdominalis Mey, 2017: 151 , fig. 76, pl. XII: figs 4–5.

Brueelia longiabdominalis ( Mey, 2017) . New combination.

Type host: Daphoenositta chrysoptera pileata (Gould, 1838) —Varied sittella.

Type locality: Bang Bang Waterhole , Flinders River, North Queensland, Australia .

Other hosts. Daphoenositta chrysoptera leucoptera (Gould, 1840) and Daphoenositta chrysoptera (Latham, 1802) ssp. ( Mey 2017: 151).

Remarks. Eichler (1949) described Guimaraesiella longiabdominalis , a species which was temporarily transferred to Brueelia by Hopkins & Clay (1952) when they synonymised Guimaraesiella under Brueelia . However, Gustafsson & Bush (2017: 224) moved Br. longiabdominalis back to Guimaraesiella , placing it as a junior synonym of Guimaraesiella papuana . Therefore, following Article 59.2 of the Code (1999), no replacement name is needed for Br. longiabdominalis ( Mey, 2017) , but the combination “ Brueelia longiabdominalis ” now refers to two different taxa in the literature: one to a species from a New Guinean bird-of-paradise (= Guimaraesiella longiabdominalis ) and another to a louse from an Australia sittella (= Brueelia longiabdominalis ). Also, it should be noted that the genus Brueelia sensu stricto is exceedingly rare in Australia, with some species introduced with European hosts [e.g. Brueelia nebulosa ( Burmeister, 1838) , see Green & Palma 1991]. Considering that Daphoenositta chrysoptera and all other species of the family Neosittidae are endemic to Australasia, and that the material examined by Mey (2017: 151) includes many specimens from five different collecting events, Brueelia longiabdominalis may be the result of a successful host-switch from an unknown European host onto Daphoenositta chrysoptera .

References

Burmeister, H. (1838) Mallophaga Nitzsch. Handbuch der Entomologie, Berlin, 2, 418 - 443.

Eichler, W. (1949) Phthirapterorum nova genera. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 79, 11 - 13.

Green, R. H. & Palma, R. L. (1991) A list of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) recorded from Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, 100, 1 - 43.

Gustafsson, D. R. & Bush, S. E. (2017) Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key. Zootaxa, 4313 (1), 1 - 443. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4313.1.1

Hopkins, G. H. & Clay, T. (1952) A check list of the genera & species of Mallophaga. British Museum (Natural History), London, 362 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 118844

Mey, E. (2017) [2016] Neue Gattungen und Arten aus dem Brueelia - Komplex (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae s. l.). Rudolstadter naturhistorische Schriften, 22, 85 - 215.