Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico Author Sánchez-Montes, Sokani Author Colunga-Salas, Pablo Author Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía Author Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen Author Montiel-Parra, Griselda text Zootaxa 2018 2018-01-16 4372 1 1 109 journal article
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Bovicola (Bovicola) caprae (
Gurlt, 1843
)
Trichodectes caprae
Gurlt, 1843: 3
, pl. 1, fig. 2.
Coahuila:
Capra aegagrus hircus
, Arteaga, no date; Buenavista, no date; La Angostura, no date; Saltillo, no date (
Lozoya-Saldaña et al. 1986
);
Ovis orientalis aries, Buenavista
, no date;
Canis lupus familiaris
, Arteaga, no date;
Gallus gallus
, Buenavista, no date;
Meleagris sp.
, Buenavista, no date (
Lozoya-Saldaña et al. 1986
). Nuevo León: no host, no date (
Quiroz-Martínez & Cantu 1995
).
Notes: Records from
Ovis orientalis aries
,
Canis lupus familiaris
,
Gallus gallus
and
Meleagris sp.
are most likely the result of accidental contaminations, or phoretic transferrals by
Melophagus ovinus
(
Diptera
:
Hippoboscidae
) (
Lozoya-Saldaña et al. 1986
).
Bovicola (Bovicola) caprae
is exclusively parasitic on goats (
Price et al. 2003
).