Trichodectes canis (DeGeer)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 14

Trichodectes canis (DeGeer)

Chester Co., Blackstock, 12 March 1992, ex Homo sapiens , coll. G. Lewis.

The collection of a dog louse from a human represents an accidental association but demonstrates the potential for these lice to come into contact with people. The dog chewing louse, T. canis , is an intermediate host for the “double pored” dog tapeworm Dipylidium caninum (Linnaeus) . Human infections with D. caninum have been reported in South Carolina (Anonymous 1976). This louse also infests wild canids (Durden 2001).