Genus of lice
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:
Brueelia afzali Ansari, 1957 [ 2]
Brueelia amandavae Rekasi & Saxena, 2005
Brueelia astrildae Tendeiro & Mendes, 1994
Brueelia biocellata Piaget, 1880 [ 2]
Brueelia blagovescenskyi Balát, 1955 [ 3]
Brueelia breueri Balát, 1955 [ 3]
Bureelia cantans Sychra, 2010 [ 4]
Brueelia clayae Ansari, 1956 [ 2]
Brueelia conocephala Blagoveshtcensky, 1940 [ 3]
Bureelia deficiens Piaget, 1885 [ 2]
Brueelia eichleri Lakshminarayana, 1969
Brueelia fasciata Sychra, 2010 [ 4]
Brueelia ferianci Balát, 1955 [ 3]
Brueelia glandari perisoreus Ansari, 1956 [ 2]
Brueelia glizi Balát, 1955 [ 3]
Brueelia hopkinsi Ansari, 1956 [ 2]
Brueelia kluzi Balát, 1955 [ 3]
Brueelia kratochvilli Balát, 1958 [ 3]
Brueelia lonchurae Tendeiro & Mendes, 1994
Brueelia matvejevi Balát, 1981 [ 3]
Brueelia munia Ansari
Brueelia pelikani Balát, 1958 [ 3]
Brueelia plocea Lakshminarayana
Brueelia rotundata Osborn, 1896 [ 2]
Brueelia senegala Sychra, 2010 [ 4]
Brueelia stenozona (Kellogg & Shapman, 1902)
Brueelia rosickyi Balát, 1955 [ 3]
Brueelia rossitensis Kéler, 1936 [ 3]
Brueelia vaneki Balát, 1981 [ 3]
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^ 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 .
^ 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 .