Brueelia (Painjunirmus) brevipennis

Brueelia (Painjunirmus) brevipennis (Ansari, 1956a) Figs 9–16 Brueelia brevipennis Ansari, 1956a: 159, figs 60–62. Brueelia brevipennis – Price et al. 2003: 153. — Gustafsson & Bush 2017: 37–38. — Mey 2017: 157. Type material Holotype PALESTINE • ♂; Jericho; 24 Nov. 1922; P.A. Buxton leg.; ex Argya squamiceps squamiceps (Cretzschmar, 1826) [as Argya squamiceps (Cretzschmar, 1827)]; NHMUK010670537; NHMUK. Paratypes PALESTINE • 2 ♂♂; same data as for holotype; NHMUK010708240–1; NHMUK. Other material examined ISRAEL • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Masada [as Metzada]; 2 May 1958; ex Argya squamiceps squamiceps [as Argya squamiceps]; 326, Brit. Mus. 1958-520; NHMUK010708242; NHMUK. Type host Argya squamiceps squamiceps (Cretzschmar, 1826) – Arabian babbler. Type locality Jericho, Palestine. Description Both sexes Head convex dome-shaped (Fig. 11), lateral margins of preantennal area convex, frons shallowly concave. Marginal carina shallowly displaced and much widened at osculum; lateral sections slender, with slightly irregular median margin. Ventral anterior plate not visible. Head chaetotaxy as in Fig. 11. Pigmentation limited to near marginal carina and antennal socket. Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Figs 9–10; proepimera and metepisterna with dark brown pigmentation; lateral margins of tergopleurites, anterior and posterior sections of sternal plates, and anterior ends of subgenital plates of both sexes with medium brown pigmentation. Male Scape as in Fig. 11. Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Fig. 9; aps present on tergopleurite III; tsp present on tergopleurites V–VIII; 2 ps on each side of segments III and VII, 3 ps on each side of segments IV–VI. Sternal plates without lateral extensions. Subgenital plate with pigmentation along anterior margin, in some specimens also with lighter pigmentation submarginally farther posterior. Basal apodeme slender, slightly constricted at mid-length (Fig. 13). Proximal mesosome short and broad, somewhat rounded (Fig. 14). Mesosomal lobes convergent distally, antero-lateral horns short, slender, much curved. Rugose area of distal mesosome extensive; pmes as in Fig. 14. Gonopore broad, distal margin deeply concave; ames as in Fig. 14; penile arms do not reach distal margin of mesosomal lobes. Parameres much elongated, pst1–2 as in Fig. 15. MEASUREMENTS (n = 3). TL = 1.66–1.72; HL = 0.39–0.41; HW = 0.35–0.37; PRW = 0.22–0.24; PTW = 0.36–0.37; AW = 0.49–0.57. Female Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Fig. 10; segments III–VII with 2 ps on each side. Sternal plates without lateral extensions. Subgenital plate broad, with broad connection to cross-piece (Fig. 16); dark pigmentation limited to antero-lateral corners. Vulval margin gently rounded (Fig. 16), with 3–4 short, slender vms and 6–7 short, thorn-like vss on each side; 4 short, slender vos on each side of subgenital plate; distal 1 vos median to vss. MEASUREMENTS (n = 1). TL = 1.89; HL = 0.43; HW = 0.38; PRW = 0.22; PTW = 0.35; AW = 0.56. Remarks Single examined female has a slightly tilted head, and the true head length and shape may be slightly different from that illustrated.