New species and new records of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from South Africa Author Gustafsson, Daniel R. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China. Author Grossi, Alexandra A. 0000-0002-1397-4221 Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China. Author Halajian, Ali Research Administration and Development, University of Limpopo, South Africa. & DSI-NRF SARChI Chair, Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South Africa. Author Engelbrecht, Derek Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China. & Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South Africa. & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-29 5446 1 88 104 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.5 journal article 295399 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.5 71c501a6-dfc5-4219-831f-68ebfe342ca0 1175-5326 11084635 6D42C745-5B36-46CE-9958-3F83A33BEEC1

TABLE 1. Measurements (in mm) of the new species. AW = abdominal width (at segment V); HL = head length (at midline); HW = head width (at widest point of temples); N = number; PRW = prothoracic width; PTW = pterothoracic width; TL = total length (at midline).

Species	Sex	N	TL	HL	HW	PRW	PTW	AW
1 N for TL = 10, N for HL and HW = 12. 2 N for TL = 9. 3 N for TL = 2, N for AW = 5. 4 N for TL = 8, N for PTW = 10.
Brueelia oschadlei n. sp.	M	131	1.38–1.53	0.30–0.33	0.26–0.29	0.18–0.21	0.25–0.31	0.36–0.43
	F	122	1.69–1.85	0.34–0.36	0.30–0.32	0.21–0.23	0.28–0.31	0.42–0.48
Brueelia inusta n. sp.	M	63	1.42–1.45	0.31–0.33	0.25–0.28	0.18–0.19	0.23–0.27	0.36–0.39
	F	114	1.53–1.73	0.32–0.35	0.27–0.29	0.18–0.21	0.26–0.30	0.38–0.44