Brueelia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Philopteridae
Genus: Brueelia
Kéler, 1936

Brueelia (formerly spelled Brüelia) is a genus of bird lice in the family Philopteridae that infest Passerine (perching) birds. Lice in Brueelia are usually host specific, with more than 85% of described species each found on a single host bird species. Over 300 species of Brueelia have been described, and many more specimens that are presumed to belong to Brueelia are awaiting description and naming.[1]

The genus Brueelia includes the following species:

References

  1. ^ Bush, Sarah E.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Gustafsson, Daniel R.; Allen, Julie; DiBlasi, Emily; Shreve, Scott M.; Boldt, Rachel; Skeen, Heather R.; Johnson, Kevin P. (January 2016). "Unlocking the black box of feather louse diversity: A molecular phylogeny of the hyper-diverse genus Brueelia" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Pt B): 737–738. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.015. PMID 26455895.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Williams, N. Sandra (July 1986). "A review of the Brueelia (Mallaphaga: Philopteridae) from North and Central American Corvidae (Aves: Passeriformes)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 59 (3): 428–436. JSTOR 25084803.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Gustafsson, Daniel R.; Oslejskova, Lucie; Najer, Tomas; Sychra, Oldrich; Zou, Fasheng (2019). "Redescriptions of thirteen species of chewing lice in the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), with one new synonymy and a neotype designation for Nirmus lais Giebel, 1874". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 66 (1): 17–39. doi:10.3897/dez.66.32423. ISSN 1860-1324. S2CID 91673254.
  4. ^ a b c Sychra, Oldřich; Literák, Ivan; Najer, Tomáš; Čapek, Miroslav; Koubek, Petr & Procházka, Petr (2010). "Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from estrildid finches (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) and louse-flies (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from birds in Senegal, with descriptions of three new species of the genus Brueelia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2714: 59–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2714.1.3.

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