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T1 A NEW HOST RECORD AND NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BRUEELIA KÉLER, 1936 (PHTHIRAPTERA: ISCHNOCERA: PHILOPTERIDAE) FROM ZEBRA FINCH (PASSERIFORMES: ESTRILDIDAE) FROM SINDH, PAKISTAN
A1 Saima Naz
A1 Syed Anser Rizvi
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 28
IS 1
SP 297
OP 306
YR 2018
FD 2018/02/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>The Zebra finch,&nbsp;<em>Taeniopygia guttata</em>&nbsp;(Passeriformes: Estrildidae) is a captive bird in Sindh. They were observed for their chewing lice in captivity from different regions of Sindh. About 41 specimens of genus&nbsp;<em>Brueelia&nbsp;</em>K&eacute;ler (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) were collected from sixteen birds; mounted permanently in Canada balsam using standard methods. The specimens were compared with the different species of genus&nbsp;<em>Brueelia,&nbsp;</em>reported from other estrildid birds of the world. Differences were noticed in head sutures, chaetotaxy, male and female terminalia, subgenital plates and male genitalia, also in their body sclerotization, pigmentation and morphometry. On the basis of these taxonomic characters, the new species&nbsp;<em>Brueelia spinosum&nbsp;</em>sp.n.is proposed. This is the first report of a chewing louse from the zebra finch in the world.</p>
K1 Brueelia, new species, new record, zebra finch, Sindh, Pakistan
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2018-JAPS-36