Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) copei Werneck, 1945

Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen & Montiel-Parra, Griselda, 2018, Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico, Zootaxa 4372 (1), pp. 1-109 : 52

Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) copei Werneck, 1945

Geomydoecus copei Werneck, 1945: 114 , figs 38, 39.

Puebla: Orthogeomys hispidus hispidus , 1 km NW of Zihuateutla, no date ( Price & Hellenthal 1976). Querétaro: Orthogeomys hispidus concavus, Pinal de Amoles , no date ( Price & Hellenthal 1976). San Luis Potosí: Orthogeomys hispidus concavus , 2 mi. (3.2 km) SW of Xilitla, no date; 37 mi. (59.6 km) S of Valles, no date ( Price & Hellenthal 1976).

Tamaulipas: Orthogeomys hispidus negatus , 68.5 km S of Ciudad Victoria, no date; 70 km S of Ciudad Victoria, no date; 2 km W of El Carrizo, no date; Rancho del Cielo, no date ( Price & Hellenthal 1976). Veracruz: “ Geomys mexicanus ” [in error], Misantla ( Werneck 1945); Orthogeomys hispidus hispidus , 4 km of Tlapacoyan, no date; 5 mi (8.1 km) N of Jalapa, no date ( Price & Hellenthal 1976); Orthogeomys hispidus torridus, Misantla , no date ( Price & Emerson 1971); 12.5 mi. (19.7 km) N of Tihuatlan, no date; 3 km W of Gutiérrez Zamora, no date ( Price & Hellenthal 1976).

Types: Holotype and allotype deposited in the NHML.

Notes: Werneck (1945) identified the original host as“ Geomys mexicanus ”, but Emerson & Price (1971) concluded that the correct species was Orthogeomys hispidus torridus , because this is the only pocket gopher found in Misantla.