Tricholipeurus indicus Werneck, 1950

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Tricholipeurus indicus Werneck, 1950

Werneck (1950) described the adult male and female of Tricholipeurus indicus from the Indian muntjac ( Muntiacus muntjak , but expressed doubt about the identity of the type host because T. indicus belonged in a group of species from the Americas. However, Price et al. (2003) listed Reeve’s muntjac ( Muntiacus reevesi Ogilby, 1839 ) as an additional host of T. indicus , a mammal which also occurs in eastern Asia. As stated above under Damalinia muntiaca , the red muntjac is distributed in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia. Considering that Malaysian researchers have frequently studied the ectoparasites of small mammals ( Mariana et al. 2005, 2008; Madinah et al. 2011, 2013, 2014; Mohd-Taib et al. 2021), it is highly recommended that future parasite surveys should focus on large mammals, such as muntjacs, to determine whether Tricholipeurus indicus is present in Malaysia.