Bruelia domestica (Kellogg and Chapman, 1899) 



Nirmus longus domesticus Kellogg and Chapman, 1899, Occ. Pap. 



Calif. Acad. Sci. ,6: 93. 

 Type host: Hirundo rustica Linnaeus — Barn Swallow. 



This specimen, according to the authors, was supposed to be closely 

 related to /I?, longus, differing in having 3 instead of 6 lateral 

 metathoracic setae; a more elongate head; and the median uncolored 

 longitudinal line of the abdomen. Carriker (1957) says that the "type" 

 of domesticus is a typical Bruelia, but of an entirely different form 

 from the figure and specimen of longus. He states (1963a) that the 

 specimen marked as the type of domesticus is not the specimen described, 

 and the name must be disregarded. 



Specimen Host Locality Date Collector 



1 ? Hirundo rustica Kingston, RI VII-5-1962 A.Moorehouse 



(URI Coll.) 



Bruelia ^^iliaci brevicolor Ansari, 1956 



Bruelia iliaca brevicolor Ansari, 1956. Biologia, 2: 110, figs. 



8-13. 

 Type host: Turdus migratorius Linnaeus — Robin. 



A delicate and feebly sclerotized species; lateral margins of 

 clypeal region moderately convex; marginal carina narrow, indented 

 medially. Pterothorax a little less than twice as wide as long. Ter- 

 gite V and VIII with 1, VI and VII with 2 tergolateral setae on each 

 side. 



Peters (1928) reports this species from Ohio; Peters (1936) from 

 North Carolina; and Ansari (1956) from Arizona. 



Specimen Host Locality Date Collector 



1 9 Turdus migratorius Durham, NH III-29-1948 E.O.Hooghkirk 



One female Bruelia which is probably this species. The specimen 

 was mounted without removing the gut contents, thereby obscuring the 

 chaetotaxy necessary for species identification. 



Bruelia imponderdbilica Eichler, 1954a 



Bruelia imponderahilica Eichler, 1954a. Nach. Nat. Mus . 



Aschaf fenburg, 42: 61, pi. 11, fig. 3. 

 Type host: Lanius excubitor Linnaeus — Northern Shrike. 



I have no data on this species of Bruelia and have not collected 

 its host. 



II 



Bruelva vnfrequens (Carriker, 1902) 



Nirmus infrequens Carriker, 1902. J. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 10: 220, 



pi. 20, fig. 3. 

 Type host: Caloarius lapponicus (Linnaeus) — Lapland Longspur. 



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