Brueelia daumae ( Clay, 1936 )
Green & Munday 1971 : 8
Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia - complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key
Bush, Sarah E.
Zootaxa
2017
2017-08-31
4313
1
1
443
Gustafsson & Bush
Bush
2017
[151,735,152,178]
Insecta
Philopteridae
Turdinirmus
GBIF
Animalia
Phthiraptera
122
123
Arthropoda
species
australissimus
sp. nov.
Brueelia daumae( Clay, 1936); Green & Munday 1971: 8( partim).
Type host. Zoothera lunulata lunulata(Latham, 1802)— olive-tailed thrush. Type locality.Pass River, King island, Tasmania, Australia.
Diagnosis. Turdinirmus australissimus n. sp.is similar to other Turdinirmusspecies from Zootheraspp., particularly Tu. daumae, with which it shares the broad head carinae and large head nodi. However, in Tu. daumaethe marginal carina is narrowly and obliquely interrupted lateral to the dsms, whereas in Tu. australissimus( Fig. 191) the dorsal preantennal suture does not reach either dsmsor the lateral margin of the head. The dorsal anterior plate of Tu. daumaeis shorter and more oval than in Tu. australissimus, and the frons of Tu. daumaeis more gently rounded, and not flattened as in Tu. australissimus( Fig. 191). Vulval chaetotaxy is overlapping between the two species, but Tu. daumaegenerally have 7–9 marginal setae on each side ( 5–7 in Tu. australissimus, Fig. 195). The male genitalia of Tu. daumaeare similar to those of Tu. australissimus( Fig. 192), with the proximal mesosome being more or less flat in both species, but the mesosome is even shorter in Tu. daumae, with posterior margin being more or less parallel to anterior margin, and not strongly convergent as in Tu. australissimus( Fig. 193). The lateral corners of the lobes are even more acutely angular in Tu. daumaethan in Tu. australissimus, and the papillate submedian section is more extensive, and reaches more than half of the width of the lobe (not less than a third as in Tu. australissimus). Parameres distorted in all specimens examined of Tu. daumae, but appear to be similar to those of Tu. australissimus( Fig. 194).
Description. Both sexes. Head shape, structure, and chaetotaxy as in genus description and Fig. 191. Dorsal preantennal suture does not reach dsms. All head carinae and nodi very broad. Thoracic and abdominal segments as in genus description and Figs 189–190. Male. Abdominal chaetotaxy as in Table 2and Fig. 189. Basal apodeme somewhat constricted at mid-length ( Fig. 192). Proximal mesosome concave to flat; whole mesosome very short. Gonopore ( Fig. 193) as a wide, angular thickening that converge medianly; open distally and proximally. Mesosomal lobes much wider than long, angular, with thickened margins and papillate section submedianly; 2 pmesnear distal end of each lobe, at least 1 typically submarginal. Parameral heads ( Fig. 194) bluntly bifid. Parameral blades small; pst1–2as in genus description. Measurements ex Zoothera lunulata lunulata(n = 2): TL = 1.89; HL = 0.48–0.50; HW = 0.52–0.54; PRW = 0.32; PTW = 0.43–0.45; AW = 0.57. Female. Abdominal chaetotaxy as in Table 2and Fig. 190. Subgenital plate roundedly triangular, with narrow median section approaching vulval margin ( Fig. 195). Vulval margin gently rounded, median section concave ( Fig. 195); 5–7 short, slender vmson each side, and 7–11 short, thorn-like vsson each side; 3–5 long, slender voson each side; distal seta median to vss. Measurements ex Zoothera lunulata lunulata(n = 4): TL = 1.96–2.21; HL = 0.49– 0.55; HW = 0.53–0.61; PRW = 0.31–0.35; PTW = 0.44–0.48; AW = 0.61–0.68.
Etymology.The species epithet is derived from Latin “ australis” for “South”, with the superlative ending “- issimus”, and refers to the southern typelocality of the species, the most southern of all species in the Brueelia- complex to date (with the exception of species introduced by human agency), and one of very few known from Australia.
Typematerial. Ex Zoothera lunulata lunulata: Holotype ♂, Pass River, King Island, Tasmania, Australia, 21 Feb. 1968, R.H. Green, Brit. Mus. 1975-81( NHML). Paratypes: 1♂, 3♀, same data as holotype ( NHML); 2♂, 3♀, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia, 21 Mar. 1966, R.H. Green, Brit. Mus.1968-752 ( NHML).
1587279660
1968-02-21
1981
1968-02-21
NHML
R. H. Green
Australia
King Island
Ex
Pass River
124
125
1
1
Tasmania
holotype
1587279686
[773,1381,1375,1400]
1968-02-21
1981
1968-02-21
NHML
R. H. Green
Australia
King Island
Ex
Pass River
124
125
4
3
1
Tasmania
paratype
1587279653
1966-03-21
NHML
R. H. Green & Brit. Mus.
Australia
Flinders Island
124
125
5
3
2
Tasmania
paratype