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Brueelia cyclothorax

Description

Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838)

Nirmus cyclothorax Burmeister, 1838: 429.

Degeeriella cyclothorax Nitzsch in Burmeister, 1838 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 111.

Bruëlia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 55.

Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838); Złotorzycka 1964: 255, fig. 4d.

Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838); Gustafsson & Bush 2017: 39, 346, 407.

Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838); Palma 2017: 97.

Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838); Oyarzún-Ruiz et al. 2021: 4, fig. 3.

Status, sex and repository of types unknown, presumed lost (see Palma & Pilgrim (1984: 150).

Type host: Passer domesticus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758).

Chilean host: Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758).

Other hosts: Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820); Passer montanus montanus (Linnaeus, 1758); Passer montanus saturatus Stejneger, 1885.

Chilean localities: Chillán: Region XVI; Las Mariposas (Ñuble): Region XVI.

Geographic distribution: All continents, except Antarctica.

Chilean reference: Oyarzún-Ruiz et al. (2021).

Other significant references: Złotorzycka (1964); Brown & Wilson (1975: 155); Price et al. (2003: 154); Gustafsson & Bush (2017); Palma (2017).

Remarks: Brueelia cyclothorax was introduced to Chile by human agency with house sparrows (Martínez-Piña & González-Cifuentes 2004: 219; Oyarzún-Ruiz et al. 2021: 2).

Notes

Published as part of Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2021, An annotated catalogue of bird lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Chile, pp. 1-151 in Zootaxa 5077 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5077.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5766642

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Brueelia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Psocodea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Burmeister
Species
cyclothorax
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838) sec. ́ & Palma, 2021

References

  • Burmeister, H. (1838) Mallophaga. In: Handbuch der Entomologie, Berlin: Enslin, 2 (1), 418 - 443.
  • Harrison, L. (1916) The genera and species of Mallophaga. Parasitology, 9 (1), 1 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 102856
  • Hopkins, G. H. E. & Clay, T. (1952) A check list of the genera & species of Mallophaga. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 362 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 118844
  • Zlotorzycka, J. (1964) Mallophaga parasitizing Passeriformes and Pici. II. Brueeliinae. Acta Parasitologica Polonica, 12 (24), 239 - 282, 4 pls.
  • 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
  • Palma, R. L. (2017) Phthiraptera (Insecta). A catalogue of parasitic lice from New Zealand. Fauna of New Zealand, 76, 1 - 400.
  • Oyarzun-Ruiz, P., Cardenas, G., Silva-de-la-Fuente, M. C., Martin, N., Mironov, S., Cicchino, A., Kinsella, J. M., Moreno, L. & Gonzalez-Acuna, D. (2021) Parasitic fauna of the invasive house sparrow (Passer domesticus) from Nuble region, Chile: an example of co-introduced parasites. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria [Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology], 30 (3), e 004221, 1 - 17, https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / s 1984 - 29612021068
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  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth Edition. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, iv + 824 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
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  • Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A. & Palma, R. L. (2003) World checklist of chewing lice with host associations and keys to families and genera. In: Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. (Eds.), The chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, pp. 1 - 448.
  • Martinez-Pina, D. E. & Gonzalez-Cifuentes, G. E. (2004) Aves de Chile. Nueva guia de campo. Ediciones del Naturalista, Santiago, 620 pp.