Indoceoplanetes (Indoceoplanetes) Gustafsson & Bush, 2017

Gustafsson, Daniel R. & Bush, Sarah E., 2022, Chewing lice of the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) parasitic on members of the Campephagidae (Aves: Passeriformes), with description of a new subgenus and 14 new species, Zootaxa 5165 (1), pp. 1-55 : 3

Indoceoplanetes (Indoceoplanetes) Gustafsson & Bush, 2017

Brueelia Kéler, 1936: 257 (in partim).

Indoceoplanetes Gustafsson & Bush, 2017: 137 .

Type species: Brueelia indonesiana Eichler, 1947: 8 . By original designation.

Remarks. All species of Indoceoplanetes (Indoceoplanetes) described here are largely translucent with some brown parts. The extent of the pigmentation is shown in the illustrations of heads by grey, dotted lines. Pigmentation varies among individuals, and illustrations show typical pigmentation patterns for each species. Other morphological characters should be used instead of, or in addition to pigmentation patterns for species identification.

The chaetotaxy of the male genitalia in species of In. ( Indoceoplanetes ) is difficult to see, in particular the dorsal anterior mesosomal setae [ames], which are often obscured by the dorsal fringe, and some ventral setae may be obscured by the oblique rugose fringes. Here, we describe the setae visible from the specimens we have examined and, in some cases, they differ between species. However, as genital chaetotaxy is generally conserved within a genus of the Brueelia -complex, we do not consider differences in genital chaetotaxy as taxonomically important. In future studies, with better quality specimens and/or more powerful imaging methods, it may be possible to determine if these differences are significant.