Brueelia (Brueelia) kalaharicae Gustafsson & Bush, 2025, sp. nov.

Brueelia (Brueelia) kalaharicae sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 240FC581-D117-4C6C-B749-46E40281C278 Figs 22–28 Differential diagnosis Brueelia kalaharicae sp. nov. can be separated from all other species in the Br. anomala species group by the absence of antero-lateral extensions of the gonopore (Fig. 26). Females best separated by the combination of head shape (Fig. 23) and shape of the subgenital plate (Fig. 28). Etymology The specific epithet is derived from the subspecific name of the type host species, named after the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. This name is, in turn, derived from the Tswana words ‘kgala’ and ‘gadi’, meaning ‘to become thirty’ and ‘of large size’, respectively. Type material Holotype (ex Emberiza flaviventris kalaharica) SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; Limpopo, Mopane; 660 m a.s.l.; 16 Sep. 2011; G.A. Voelker leg.; NHMUK. Paratypes (ex Emberiza flaviventris kalaharica) SOUTH AFRICA • 7 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀; Limpopo, Mopane; 660 m a.s.l.; 16 Sep. 2011; G.A. Voelker leg.; PIPR. Type host Emberiza flaviventris kalaharica Roberts, 1932 – golden-breasted bunting. Type locality Mopane, Limpopo, South Africa. Description Both sexes Head slenderly trapezoidal (Fig 24), shape differing between sexes. Frons convex. Marginal carina slender, deeply displaced and much widened at osculum. Ventral anterior plate rounded posteriorly, flattened or slightly concave anteriorly. Head chaetotaxy as in Fig. 24. Preantennal nodi wide, bulging. Pre-ocular nodi much larger than post-ocular nodi. Marginal temporal carina slender, slightly irregular. Gular plate lanceolate.Thoracic and abdominal segments as in Figs22–23. Base pigmentation translucent; marginal and marginal temporal carinae, margins of antennal sockets, flagellomeres II–III, anterior gular plate, proepimera, metepisterna, and anterior ends of tergopleurites pale to medium brown; sternal plates IV– VI in male and posterior half of sternal plate VI and subgenital plate in female pale brown. Male subgenital plate may by pale brown in anterior end. Male Lateral margins of preantennal area slightly convex (Fig. 24). Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Fig. 22; tergopleurite VII with 1 tps on each side. Basal apodeme moderately wide, lateral margins concave (Fig. 25). Proximal mesosome pointed, lateral margins sinuous (Fig. 26). Mesosomal lobes broad, rugose area more or less limited to distal margin; 2 pmes on each side lateral to gonopore. Gonopore rounded anteriorly, without antero-lateral extensions. Penile arms short, not reaching distal margin of mesosome. Parameres stout (Fig. 27), tapering gently; pst1–2 as in Fig. 27. MEASUREMENTS (n = 10). TL = 1.21–1.38 (1.29); HL = 0.32–0.35 (0.33); HW = 0.22–0.25 (0.23); PRW = 0.13–0.16 (0.14); PTW = 0.20–0.23 (0.22); AW = 0.29–0.34 (0.31). Female Lateral margins of preantennal area more or less straight, or only slightly convex (Fig. 23). Thoracic and abdominal chaetotaxy as in Fig. 23. Lateral margins of subgenital plate straight or slightly concave (Fig. 28), with narrow connection to cross-piece. Vulval margin bulging but rounded (Fig. 28), with 3–4 short, slender vms and 3–4 short, thorn-like vss on each side; 3 short, slender vos on each side of subgenital plate; distal 1 vos median to vss. MEASUREMENTS (n = 9, except TL n = 6, and PTW n = 8). TL = 1.48–1.64; HL = 0.34–0.39; HW = 0.25–0.27; PRW = 0.14–0.16; PTW = 0.23–0.28; AW = 0.34–0.37.