Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) californicus (Chapman, 1897)

Trichodectes californicus Chapman, 1897: 186, fig. 2.

Baja California: “ Perognathus sp. ” [in error], no date (Chapman 1897); Thomomys bottae anitae, no date, J.A. Allen (Price & Emerson 1971); Thomomys bottae juarezensis, El Rayo, 14 mi (22.5 km) N Laguna Hanson, no date; Sierra Juárez, El Progreso, no date; Thomomys bottae martirensis, San Pedro Mártir Mts: La Grulla, no date, J.A. Allen; Vallecitos, no date; Thomomys bottae nigricans, Agua Hechicera, no date; Thomomys bottae sanctidiegi, W coast, 5 mi (8.0 km) S of Monument 258; 5 mi (8.0 km) S of Misión San Miguel (Price & Hellenthal 1981a).

Coahuila: Thomomys bottae analogus, no date (Price & Emerson 1971).

Chihuahua: Thomomys umbrinus, no date (Price & Emerson 1971).

Nuevo León: Thomomys bottae analogus, no date (Price & Emerson 1971).

Sinaloa: Thomomys bottae, no date; Thomomys bottae simulus, no date; Thomomys bottae sinaloae, no date; Thomomys umbrinus, no date (Price & Emerson 1971).

Types: The holotype female is considered lost since 1916 (Werneck 1945). Therefore, a neotype was erected by Price & Hellenthal (1981a) from Thomomys bottae bottae and deposited in EMEC

Note: The record of G. californicus from Perognathus sp. is considered an erroneous association because this louse species has been recorded from rodents of the genus Thomomys only (see Price & Emerson 1971).