ABSTRACT
Seven new species of Brueelia are described from North American hosts. They are: Brueelia melospizae sp. nov. from Melospiza georgiana, M. lincolnii, M. melodia, and M. m. fallax; Brueelia californica sp. nov. from Melozone crissalis; Brueelia canyonica sp. nov. from Melozone fusca; Brueelia tenebrosa sp. nov. from Passerella iliaca; Brueelia chlorurae sp. nov. from Pipilo chlorurus; Brueelia hesperides sp. nov. from Pooecetes gramineus confinis; Brueelia cassiopeia sp. nov. from Spizella passerina arizonae and S. p. passerina. Brueelia vulgata and Brueelia angustifrons are redescribed and illustrated. An updated host checklist of the Brueelia-complex species known from the Emberizidae and Passerellidae, and a key to the males of the species described herein are provided.
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Acknowledgements
We thank Paul Brown (NHML) who prepared the loan of slides from the Natural History Museum, and the late Robert E. Elbel who collected the material housed at PIPeR. Two anonymous reviewers provided helpful comments during the review of this manuscript, for which we are very grateful.
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