Trichodectes canis ( De Geer, 1778 )

Kazim, Abdul-Rahman, Houssaini, Jamal, Tappe, Dennis & Heo, Chong-Chin, 2023, An annotated checklist of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera, Amblycera Rhynchophthirina) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia, Zootaxa 5263 (1), pp. 40-60 : 48-49

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scientific name	Trichodectes canis ( De Geer, 1778 )
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Trichodectes canis ( De Geer, 1778) View in CoL View at ENA

Ricinus canis De Geer, 1778: 81 , pl. 4: fig. 16.

Pediculus canis O. Fabricius, 1780: 215 .

Trichodectes latus Nitzsch, 1818: 296 View in CoL .

Trichodectes octopunctatus Denny, 1852: 29 View in CoL . Unnecessary nomen novum for Trichodectes latus Nitzsch, 1818 View in CoL .

Trichodectes Riveti [sic] Neumann, 1913: 614 View in CoL , figs 7–8.

Trichodectes floridanus McGregor, 1917: 168 View in CoL , pl. 16: figs 3, 5.

Trichodectes latifrons Fahrenholz, 1919: 363 View in CoL .

Trichodectes canis ( De Geer, 1778) View in CoL ; Werneck 1948: 111.

Trichodectes canis View in CoL ; Macadam et al. 1984: 37.

Trichodectes canis ( De Geer, 1778) View in CoL ; Price et al. 2003: 274, fig. 264.

Type host: Canis lupus familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 —Domestic dog.

Type locality: Europe.

Malaysian host: Canis lupus familiaris.

Malaysian locality: Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) Malaysian Borneo ( Macadam et al. 1984).

Geographical distribution: Worldwide, except Antarctica.

Remarks: Trichodectes canis is a prevalent parasite of dogs ( Durden 2019), that also parasitises several other hosts ( Price et al. 2003: 274). The only record of T. canis in Malaysia is from domestic dogs in multiple locations of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo ( Macadam et al. 1984). Whether T. canis in Malaysia is more prevalent on hosts in forest areas, as shown by Macadam et al. (1984), needs to be confirmed.