Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864 )

Kazim, Abdul-Rahman, Houssaini, Jamal, Tappe, Dennis & Heo, Chong-Chin, 2022, An annotated checklist of sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia, with lists of hosts and pathogens, Zootaxa 5214 (3), pp. 301-336 : 318-319

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864)

Pediculus reclinatus Nitzsch, 1864: 23 .

Haematopinus reclinatus ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Giebel 1874: 37.

Haematopinus reclinatus ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Piaget 1880: 639.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Enderlein 1904a: 142.

Hoplopleura reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Enderlein 1904b: 222.

Haematopinus (Polyplax) spiniger reclinatus (Nitzsch) ; Neumann 1909: 524.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Fahrenholz 1912a: 37, figs 11–12, pl. 1: figs 12–14, pl. 2: figs 1–4, pl. 3: fig. 7. Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Ferris 1923: 192, figs 120C, G.

Polyplax reclinata leucodontis Jancke, 1932: 525 , fig. 2b.

Polyplax reclinata reclinata (Nitzsch) ; Jancke 1932: 525, fig. 2a.

Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch) ; Fahrenholz 1938: 254, figs 9–11.

Polyplax deltoides Fahrenholz, 1938: 256 , figs 12, 23d.

Polyplax reclinata leucodontis Jancke ; Fahrenholz 1938: 256.

Polyplax deltoides Fahrenholz, 1938 ; Ferris 1951: 207.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Ferris 1951: 210.

Polyplax shimizui Kaneko, 1957: 271 , fig. 2.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Johnson 1960: 55.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Johnson 1964: 83.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Beaucournu & Houin 1967: 67, figs 1–6.

Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch) ; Benoit 1969: 102, fig. 7.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Kim 1971: 51, figs 11–13.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Mishra 1981: 98, figs 223–225.

Polyplax reclinata ( Nitzsch, 1864) ; Durden & Musser 1994: 72.

Type host: Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 —Common shrew

Malaysian host: Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766) .

Malaysian locality: Kuala Lumpur & Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia ( Johnson 1964) .

Geographical distribution: Africa, Eurasia ( Durden & Musser 1994; Price & Graham 1997).

Remarks: Polyplax reclinata has been reported and redescribed by several authors (see synonymy above) and is regarded as polytypic ( Beaucournu & Houin 1967; Kim & Emerson 1974). Johnson (1960, 1964) discussed the morphological variation of P. reclinata and provided a list of synonyms. Beaucournu & Houin (1967) discussed and illustrated in detail the diverse morphology of P. reclinata from various hosts. Kim (1971) described and illustrated the three nymphal instars of P. reclinata . This louse is known to infest a wide range of species of the genera Crocidura , Neomys , Scutisorex , Sorex , Suncus and Sylvisorex in the family Soricidae ( Kim & Emerson 1974; Durden & Musser 1994). The known host species of P. reclinata were listed by Durden & Musser (1994), noting that future studies may even expand the number of hosts.