Two new species of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Ischnocera, Philopteridae) parasitic on Neotropical trogons (Aves, Trogoniformes)

Two new species of Brueelia are described and illustrated. These new species and their type hosts are: Brueelia sueta ex Pharomachrus pavoninus (Spix, 1824), the Pavonine Quetzal and Brueelia cicchinoi ex Trogon viridis Linnaeus, the White-tailed Trogon. Both new species differ from the only Brueeli...

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Main Authors: Valim, Michel P., Weckstein, Jason D.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175137/