Brueelia chelydensis Hopkins 1951

Palma, Ricardo L. & Peck, Stewart B., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands </ strong>, Zootaxa 3627 (1), pp. 1-87 : 31

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scientific name	Brueelia chelydensis Hopkins 1951
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Brueelia chelydensis Hopkins 1951 View in CoL

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“ Nirmus vulgatus ” Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 474 (not Nirmus vulgatus Kellogg, 1896 ).

Nirmus vulgatus galapagensis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 474 View in CoL . Preoccupied by Nirmus galapagensis Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 471 View in CoL .

“ Degeeriella vulgata ” Thompson, 1939: 122 (not Degeeriella vulgata (Kellogg, 1896)) .

Brüelia galapagensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 474) ; Hopkins 1951: 377. Preoccupied by Brueelia galapagensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 471) View in CoL .

Brüelia chelydensis Hopkins 1951: 377 . Nomen novum for Brueelia galapagensis ( Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902: 474) View in CoL . Brueelia chelydensis Hopkins 1951 View in CoL ; Clay in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 129.

“ Brueelia vulgata ” Clay View in CoL in Linsley & Usinger 1966: 129 (not Brueelia vulgata (Kellogg, 1896)) View in CoL .

Lectotype ♀ in EMEC ( Hopkins 1951: 377).

Type host: Geospiza fuliginosa Gould, 1837 .

Galápagos hosts: Geospiza magnirostris Gould, 1837 ; Geospiza fortis Gould, 1837 ; Geospiza fuliginosa Gould, 1837 ; Geospiza difficilis debilirostris Ridgway, 1894 ; Geospiza conirostris conirostris Ridgway, 1890 ; Camarhynchus psittacula habeli Sclater & Salvin, 1870 ; Camarhynchus psittacula affinis Ridgway, 1894 ; Camarhynchus parvulus parvulus (Gould, 1837) ; Camarhynchus pallidus productus Ridgway, 1894 ; Certhidea olivacea becki Rothschild, 1898 ; Certhidea olivacea olivacea Gould, 1837 .

Galápagos localities: Isla Wolf; Isla Pinta; Isla Marchena; Isla Fernandina; Isla Isabela; Isla Santiago; Isla San Cristóbal; Isla Española.

Galápagos references: Kellogg & Kuwana (1902); Kellogg (1908: 31); Thompson (1939); Hopkins (1951); Linsley & Usinger (1966); Sari et al. (2012: 3).

Other significant references: Hopkins & Clay (1952: 54); Price et al. (2003: 154).

Material examined: 46 males, 60 females and 2 nymphs (35 samples, EMEC, MONZ) .

Remarks: This is an endemic species and one of two Brueelia species parasitic on Galápagos finches. From the Kellogg Collection, we have identified 17 males and 30 females as Brueelia chelydensis from seven finch species, but only four of them were listed by Price et al. (2003: 154), who missed Camarhynchus parvulus Camarhynchus pallidus and Certhidea olivacea . Our records of B. chelydensis from Geospiza difficilis and G. magnirostris are new host-louse associations. We regard records from other hosts reported by Kellogg & Kuwana (1902: 474–475) as the result of contaminations (see Palma 1994b).