Brueelia guldum Ansari, 1955

Gustafsson, Daniel R., Najer, Tomas, Zou, Fasheng & Bush, Sarah E., 2022, The ischnoceran chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) of bulbuls (Aves: Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 18 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 800, pp. 1-88 : 32

Brueelia guldum Ansari, 1955

Brueelia guldum Ansari, 1955: 54 .

Brueelia guldum – Ansari 1956: 394 (unnecessary redescription as a new species). — Ansari 1958a: 49 (unnecessary redescription as a new species).

Type host

Pycnonotus cafer intermedius Blyth, 1846 – red-vented bulbul.

Type locality

Pakistan, specific location not given.

Remarks

Ansari (1955, 1956, 1958a) published this species as new three times. None of these descriptions are very detailed, and only the 1958 description includes illustrations. In these illustrations, the thumb-like processes of the ventral carinae are not evident, and there are no ss on the female tergopleurite VIII. However, Ansari’s illustrations are often incorrect and incomplete; for instance, in the illustrations for Br. guldum , there is no cross-piece along the vulval margin ( Ansari 1958a: fig. 22), no sts on abdominal segment II (ibid., fig. 16), no dorsal head setae ( Ansari 1958a: fig. 16), and no setae in the area posterior to the vulval margin Ansari 1958a: fig. 23). These characters are present in all species of Brueelia , and would be expected also for Br. guldum . Ansari’s specimens are presumed lost ( Naz et al. 2020), and new material from the type host is needed to evaluate whether or not this species belongs in the Br. alophoixi species group. Based on gross morphology and host associations, we tentatively include Br. guldum in the Br. alophoixi species group, but this needs confirmation.