Haematopinus eurysternus ( Denny, 1842 )

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Haematopinus eurysternus ( Denny, 1842)

Pediculus eurysternus Nitzsch, 1818: 305 . Nomen nudum.

Pediculus eurysternus Burmeister, 1838 : Species 14. Suppressed by Opinion 1050 (I.C.Z.N. 1976).

Haematopinus eurysternus Denny, 1842: 29 , pl. 25: fig. 5. Preserved by Opinion 1050 (I.C.Z.N. 1976).

Haematopinus eurysternus Denny, 1842 ; Giebel 1874: 41, pl. 2: fig. 8.

Haematopinus eurysternus ( Nitzsch, 1818) [sic]; Ferris 1933: 448, figs 263–264.

Haematopinus eurysternus (Nitzsch) [sic]; Webb 1946: 91, figs 189–204.

Haematopinus eurysternus ; Roberts 1950: 136, figs 1D–E, 2A.

Haematopinus eurysternus ( Nitzsch, 1818) [sic]; Ferris 1951: 88, figs 39–40.

Haematopinus brevipes Fiedler & Stampa 1956: 63 , figs 23–27.

Haematopinus palpebrae Gretillat, 1957: 167 , figs 1–3. In part.

Haematopinus eurysternus (Nitzsch) [sic]; Stimie & van der Merwe 1968: 190, figs 3–4.

Haemotopinus [sic] eurysternus ; Mustaffa-Babjee 1969: 37.

Haematopinus eurysternus Denny, 1842 ; Kim & Weisser 1973: 45.

Haematopinus eurysternus Denny, 1842 ; Meleney & Kim 1974: 511, figs 1–3, 18, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33.

Haematopinus eurysternus Denny, 1842 ; Kim et al. 1986: 82, pl. 18.

Haematopinus eurysternus ( Nitzsch, 1818) [sic]; Durden & Musser 1994: 15.

Type host: Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 – Domestic cattle.

Malaysian host: Bos taurus .

Malaysian localities: Kota Bharu (Kelantan) Peninsular Malaysia ( Ferris 1933, see Remarks); “West Malaysia ” ( Mustaffa-Babjee 1969).

Geographical distribution: Cosmopolitan, in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions ( Durden & Musser 1994; Price & Graham 1997).

Remarks: The adult male and female of Haematopinus eurysternus were redescribed and illustrated by Ferris (1933). Roberts (1950) provided a morphological comparison and a dichotomous key to distinguish H. eurysternus from H. quadripertusus . Meleney & Kim (1974) revised the three morphologically close species that infest cattle: H. eurysternus , Haematopinus quadripertusus Fahrenholz, 1916 and Haematopinus tuberculatus ( Ferris 1933) .

Durden & Musser (1994) stated that the distribution of Haematopinus eurysternus was in temperate zones, although several studies have recorded it in subtropical and tropical regions ( Rawat et al. 1992; Lasisi et al. 2010; Rony et al. 2010; Bilkis et al. 2011; Houssain et al. 2016; Al-Mayah & Hatem 2018; Mannan et al. 2019).

Ferris (1933) recorded H. eurysternus from a “bull” and “calf” in “Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malay Peninsula” but, considering that he regarded H. quadripertusus as a junior synonym under H. eurysternus , it is not possible to determine which species Ferris (1933) had actually examined. Pathogens previously detected in H. eurysternus include the zoonotic Coxiella burnetii and Rickettsia ( Reeves et al. 2006; Hornok et al. 2010).