An annotated checklist of sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia, with lists of hosts and pathogens Author Kazim, Abdul-Rahman 0000-0002-6269-8390 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6269 - 8390 Author Houssaini, Jamal 0000-0002-6269-8390 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6269 - 8390 & Institute of Pathology, Laboratory and Forensic Medicine (I-PPerForM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2254 - 2743 Author Tappe, Dennis 0000-0002-4493-0395 Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4493 - 0395 Author Heo, Chong-Chin 0000-0002-6269-8390 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6269 - 8390 & Institute of Pathology, Laboratory and Forensic Medicine (I-PPerForM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2254 - 2743 text Zootaxa 2022 2022-12-02 5214 3 301 336 journal article 199802 10.11646/zootaxa.5214.3.1 a942f305-2626-484d-8246-72def04e6bfe 1175-5326 7389119 CABB624F-59E4-4E6F-8678-6B952DA5AE31 Hoplopleura sicata Johnson, 1964 Hoplopleura sicata Johnson, 1964: 73 , figs 13, 16, 22–24. Hoplopleura sicata Johnson, 1964 ; Johnson 1972b: 221 , figs 3, 5, 11–12, 21, 25. Hoplopleura sicata Johnson, 1964 ; Mishra 1981: 59 , figs 125–132. Hoplopleura sicata Johnson, 1964 ; Durden & Musser 1994: 34 . Type host: “ Rattus cremoriventer ” = Niviventer cremoriventer (Miller, 1900) —Dark-tailed tree rat. Malaysian host: Niviventer cremoriventer . Malaysian localities: Tenompak, Gunung Kinabalu, Ulu Kaingaran, Pampang & Ranau ( Sabah ) Malaysian Borneo ( Johnson 1964 ) . Geographical distribution: India (Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim , West Bengal States), Laos , Malaysian Borneo, Nepal ( Mishra 1981 ; Durden & Musser 1994 ; Price & Graham 1997 ). Remarks: The adult male and female of Hoplopleura sicata were described and illustrated by Johnson (1964) . Johnson (1972) described and illustrated all three nymphal instars. To date, the original description is the only record of Hoplopleura sicata in Malaysia . Apart from Malaysian Borneo, H. sicata has been found on a number of other species of Niviventer and Rattus from India , Laos and Nepal ( Johnson 1972b ; Mishra 1981 ; Durden & Musser 1994 ).