| twelve new species of guimaraesiella (phthiraptera: ischnocera: philopteridae) from "babblers" (passeriformes: leiothrichidae, pellorneidae, timaliidae) with a description of a new subgenus and a key to its species. | the chewing louse subgenus cicchinella new subgenus is erected and described for species of guimaraesiella eichler, 1949, parasitizing old world babblers (leiothrichidae, pellorneidae, timaliidae). the subgenus is divided into three species groups based on chaetotaxy, head and genitalia of both sexes. two species are redescribed: guimaraesiella (cicchinella) sehri (ansari, 1955) from trochalopteron lineatum lineatum (vigors, 1831) and t. lineatum setafer (hodgson, 1836), and guimaraesiella (cicc ... | 2019 | 30647282 |