Tricholipeurus indicus Werneck, 1950

Werneck (1950) described the adult male and female of Tricholipeurus indicus from the Indian muntjac ( Muntiacus muntjak, but expressed doubt about the identity of the type host because T. indicus belonged in a group of species from the Americas. However, Price et al. (2003) listed Reeve’s muntjac ( Muntiacus reevesi Ogilby, 1839) as an additional host of T. indicus, a mammal which also occurs in eastern Asia. As stated above under Damalinia muntiaca, the red muntjac is distributed in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia. Considering that Malaysian researchers have frequently studied the ectoparasites of small mammals (Mariana et al. 2005, 2008; Madinah et al. 2011, 2013, 2014; Mohd-Taib et al. 2021), it is highly recommended that future parasite surveys should focus on large mammals, such as muntjacs, to determine whether Tricholipeurus indicus is present in Malaysia.