Species Linognathus setosus (von Olfers, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pediculus setosus von von Olfers, I.F.J.M. 1816. De vegetativis et animatis corporibus in corporibus animatis reperiundis commentarius. pars 1. 112 pp. 1 pl. [80].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (according to Durden, L.A. & Musser, G.G. 1994. The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 218: 1–90, a neotype was designated by Weisser, C.F. 1975. A monograph of the Linognathidae, Anoplura, Insecta (excluding the genus Prolinognathus). Unpubl. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany., however, apparently this has not been published), Beerfelden, Odenwald, Germany.

  Type host:

   Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced.

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog), sanguinivore.

General References

Calaby, J.H. & Murray, M.D. 1991. Phthiraptera. pp. 421-428 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. (Australian record)

Durden, L.A. & Musser, G.G. 1994. The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 218: 1-90 [42] (full synonymy, host identity)

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