Review of the systematics, biology and ecology of lice from pinnipeds and river otters (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae)
Author
Leonardi, Maria Soledad
Author
Palma, Ricardo Luis
text
Zootaxa
2013
3630
3
445
466
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3630.3.3
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1175-5326
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Latagophthirus rauschi
Kim & Emerson, 1974
Latagophthirus rauschi
Kim & Emerson, 1974: 442
, figs 1–7.
Marshall
1981: 207; Kim 1982b: 124; Kim
et al.
1986: 52, pl. 5; Beaucournu 1993: 13; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994b: 140.
Type
host.
Lontra canadensis pacifica
(Rhoads, 1898)
—North American river otter.
Type
locality.
1.6 km
NE of Broadbent, Coos Co., Oregon,
U.S.A.
Type
specimen/s data.
Holotype
3 and allotype Ƥ in USNM (Kim
et al.
1986: 52; Durden & Adams 2005: 49) and 35
paratypes
(23, 4ƤƤ and 29 nymphs) in KCEM.
Other hosts.
None.
Geographic distribution.
Western North
America
.
Significant references.
Kim
et al.
(1986: 52, diagnosis, figures); Durden & Musser (1994a: 8, hosts, distribution).
Remarks.
Nymphal stages have not yet been described.