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 Sychra, Oldŕich Literák, Ivan Najer, Tomáš Čapek, Miroslav Koubek, Petr Procházka, Petr Zootaxa 2010 2010-12-06 2714 59 68 Sychra , Sychra 2010 [151,460,1887,1913] Insecta Philopteridae Brueelia Animalia Psocodea 3 62 Arthropoda species cantans sp. nov.  ( Figs. 2, 5–6, 14–15)    Typehost:  Euodice cantans(Gmelin): African silverbill.   FIGURES 3–11.3–4,  Brueelia fasciataSychra,  n. sp.3, Prothorax. 4, Male genitalia. 5–6,  Brueelia cantansSychra,  n. sp.5, Prothorax. 6, Male genitalia. 7–11,  Brueelia senegalaSychra,  n. sp.7, Male. 8, Prothorax. 9, Male subgenital plate. 10, Male genitalia. 11, Female. Scales 1 mm (Figs 7, 11), 0.10 mm (Figs. 3, 5, 8, 9), 0.05 mm (Figs. 4, 6, 10). For Figs. 7 and 11, dorsal side on left, ventral side on right.  Male (n = 6).Typical pattern of sclerotization and pigmentation involving head, gular and ventral thoracic plates, sternites and pleurites. Preantennal region as long as postantennal region. The entire marginal carina uninterrupted with lateral side almost straight. In spite of this, head rather egg-shaped than triangular ( Fig. 14). Metasternal plate pigmented, without central unpigmented “hole”. Pronotum with 1 seta on each posterolateral corner; metanotum with 7 setae (3 long, 4 short) on each posterolateral margin. Metathorax with concave lateral sides ( Fig. 5). All abdominal tergites divided centrally, tergites VI–VII of characteristic shape ( Fig. 2). Tergal setae on each side as follows: tergites II–IV, 0 (only one malewith single seta on one side of tergite IV); V, 3; VI–VII, 6–8; VIII, 4–6; IX, 4–5 ( Fig. 2), terminally with 6 setae. Post-spiracular sensillus present on tergites II–VII. Abdominal sterna with a pair of setae. Male genitalia as in Fig. 6. Parameres narrow and quite long, each with a very short subapical seta on the lateral margin. Endomeral complex contains a pair of sacs of square shape, with two small medial circular spots and denticulated posterior margin.   FIGURES 12–17.12–13,  Brueelia fasciataSychra,  n. sp.12, Female head. 13, Female sternite VII and subgenital plate. 14–15,  Brueelia cantansSychra,  n. sp.14, Female head. 15, Female sternite VII and subgenital plate. 16–17,  Brueelia senegalaSychra,  n. sp.16, Female head. 17, Female sternite VII and subgenital plate. Scales 0.10 mm.  Dimensions: PAW, 0.20; PAL, 0.14–0.15; TW, 0.25; POL, 0.14–0.15; HL, 0.28–0.30; PW, 0.15–0.17; MW, 0.23–0.29; AWV, 0.33–0.38; TL, 1.29–1.37; GW, 0.065 –0.075.  Female (n = 7).Similar to male except tergal setae on each side of abdominal segments as follows: II– V, 0; VI–VIII, 1; IX, 4 (2 long, 2 short). Subgenital plate ( Fig. 15) wide, slightly convex posteriorly, with characteristic pigmentation as shown.  Dimensions: PAW, 0.21–0.24; PAL, 0.16–0.18; TW, 0.26–0.28; POL, 0.14–0.17; HL, 0.30–0.34; PW, 0.17–0.19; MW, 0.28–0.30; AWV, 0.44–0.49; TL, 1.75–1.82.  Type material.  Male holotype, female allotype, from  Euodice cantans, SENEGAL: Matam( 15° 37ʹ N, 13° 20ʹ W),  6 September 2007, Literák, Čapek & Koubekleg. Paratypes: 4 males, 5 femaleswith the same data as holotype, deposited in the Moravian Museum Brno, Czech Republic( MZM) (O.Sychra-SE61–SE65); paratypes: 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype, deposited in the Natural History Museum, London( NHML) (O.Sychra-SE66).   Remarks.An egg-shaped head with uninterrupted marginal carina distinguishes  B. cantansfrom all other  Brueeliafrom estrildids except  B. muniaAnsarithat has an oval preantenal region.  Brueelia cantanscan be separated from the latter by a higher number of setae on tergite V–VIII of male and different male genitalia. The typical pattern of sclerotization and pigmentation involving head, gular and ventral thoracic plates and sternites places  B. cantansclose to  Brueeliaknown from weavers ( Ploceidae)—  B. ploceaLakshminarayanaand an undescribed  Brueelia queleaeSychra & Barlev ( Sychra et al., 2010).  Brueelia cantansdiffers from both species by 1) straight lateral sides of preantennal region, 2) endomeral complex of male with a pair of sacs of square shape, 3) light brown pigmentation involving sternites and subgenital plate (  B. ploceaas well as  B. queleaehave very dark brown pigmentation forming conspicuous stripes). [216,954,1380,1406] AWV 0.065 78 -0.075 5 64 1 2007-09-06 MZM, NHML Literak, C & Koubek & Moravian Museum Brno & Czech Republic & Natural History Museum & London Senegal 15.616667 Male 1284 -13.333333 5 64 11 6 5 Matam holotype