Trichodectes emersoni Hopkins, 1960

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 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7805261
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scientific name	Trichodectes emersoni Hopkins, 1960
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Trichodectes emersoni Hopkins, 1960 View in CoL

Trichodectes (Trichodectes) emersoni Hopkins, 1960: 93 View in CoL , figs 11–13; pl. 1: fig. 4; pl. 2: figs 5–6.

Trichodectes emersoni Hopkins, 1960 View in CoL ; Price et al. 2003: 274.

Type host: “ Helictis orientalis everetti ” = Melogale everetti (Thomas, 1895) —Bornean ferret badger.

Type locality: Gunung Kinabalu (Sabah) Malaysian Borneo .

Malaysian host: Melogale everetti .

Malaysian locality: Gunung Kinabalu (Sabah) Malaysian Borneo ( Hopkins 1960).

Geographical distribution: Malaysian Borneo.

Remarks: As there are no other records of T. emersoni , it appears the geographical distribution of this louse is restricted to the northern region of the Malaysian Borneo.