Brueelia cyclothorax (Burmeister, 1838) Nirmus cyclothorax Burmeister, 1838: 429. Nirmus subtilis Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1874: 137. Bruëlia subtilis obligata Eichler, 1954: 63. Type host: Passer montanus montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) —tree sparrow. Type locality: None given, probably Germany, given that Nitzsch’s collection was from Germany. Other hosts: Passer domesticus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) —house sparrow. Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) —Spanish sparrow. Passer montanus saturatus Stejneger, 1885. Our South African samples have been compared with other specimens of Brueelia cyclothorax from Europe, North America, and Asia and found to be conspecific. This is the first record of B. cyclothorax from South Africa (Gustafsson et al. 2019a); Brueelia cyclothorax will be redescribed elsewhere (D. R.G. in prep.). Material examined (non-types). Ex Passer domesticus: 1♂, 1♀, Sappi Trust Farm, KwaMbonambi, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, 28 Apr. 2015, coll. A. Halajian, 2.38838 (NHML). 1♂, same data, 2.38842 (NHML). 1♂, 1♀, Old Herbarium, University of Limpopo, Limpopo Province, South Africa, 11 Sep. 2014, coll. A. Halajian, ring FB06249 (NHML).

Published as part of Gustafsson, Daniel R., Grossi, Alexandra A., Halajian, Ali & Engelbrecht, Derek, 2024, New species and new records of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from South Africa, pp. 88-104 in Zootaxa 5446 (1) on pages 99-100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/11084635