Haematomyzus elephantis Piaget, 1869

Haematomyzus elephantis Piaget, 1869: 254 .

Haematomyzus longirostris Piaget, 1869: 254 .

Idolocoris elephantis Walker, 1872: 132, fig. 67.

Phantasmocoris elephantis (Walker, 1872); White 1872: 234.

Haematomyzus proboscideus Piaget, 1880: 658, pl. 49: figs 2, 2h.

Haematomyzus paradoxus Lahille, 1908: 189, figs 1–9.

Haematomyzus elephantis sumatranus Fahrenholz, 1910: 714 .

Haematomyzus elephantis elephantis Piaget, 1869; Hopkins 1949: 521.

Haematomyzus elephantis Piaget, 1869; Werneck 1950: 199, figs 306–315.

Haematomyzus elephantis Piaget, 1869; Jeffery et al. 1999: 51.

Haematomyzus elephantis Piaget, 1869; Price et al. 2003: 79.

Type host: Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) —Bush African elephant.

Type locality: Rotterdam Zoo, Netherlands .

Malaysian host: Elephas maximus indicus Cuvier, 1798 .

Malaysian locality: Kuala Krai (Kelantan) Peninsular Malaysia (Jeffery et al. 1999).

Geographical distribution: Central and southern Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Remarks: Jeffery et al. (1999) collected Haematomyzus elephantis from a captive Indian elephant in the Kuala Krai Mini Zoo. As Indian elephants are native in both Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo, it is likely that H. elephantis will be found parasitising free-living elephants in Malaysia.