Felicola subrostratus ( Burmeister, 1838 )

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Felicola subrostratus ( Burmeister, 1838)

Trichodectes subrostratus Burmeister, 1838: 438 , Species 4.

Felicola subrostrata ( Nitzsch, 1818) ; Ewing 1929: 122.

Felicinia subrostrata ( Nitzsch, 1818) ; Bedford 1929: 519.

Felicola rostrata Bedford, 1932a: 360 , figs 6A, 6B, a, 6C.

Felicola subrostratus ( Burmeister, 1838) ; Werneck 1950: 194, figs 317.

Felicola subrostratus ( Burmeister, 1838) ; Mustaffa-Babjee 1969: 37.

Felicola subrostratus ( Burmeister, 1838) ; Amin-Babjee 1978: 107.

Felicola subrostratus ( Burmeister, 1838) ; Shanta et al. 1980: 17–27.

Felicola (Felicola) subrostratus ( Burmeister, 1838) ; Price et al. 2003: 258.

Felicola subrostrata [sic]; Norhidayu 2012: 69, 71, 75, tables 3.1, 3.6–3.9.

Felicola subrostratus ; Norhidayu 2012: 31, figs 1.3, 3.2.

Felicola subrostratus ( Burmeister, 1838) ; Che Kamaruddin et al. 2020: 1212, fig. 2A.

Type host: “Hauskatze” = Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 — Domestic cat.

Type locality: Not given in the original description.

Malaysian host: Felis catus .

Malaysian localities: Kuala Nerang, Pendang (Kedah) Peninsular Malaysia ( Tay et al. 2014); Kuala Lumpur, Peninsular Malaysia (Norhidayu 2012; Mohd-Zain et al. 2013); Melaka, Peninsular Malaysia ( Mohd-Zain et al. 2013); Kuantan (Pahang) Peninsular Malaysia (Norhidayu 2012; Mohd-Zain et al. 2013); Ipoh (Perak) Peninsular Malaysia ( Shanta et al. 1980; Norhidayu 2012); Georgetown (Pulau Pinang) Peninsular Malaysia (Norhidayu 2012; Mohd-Zain et al. 2013; Tay et al. 2014); Samarahan ( Sarawak) Malaysian Borneo ( Ahmad 2013; Che Kamaruddin et al. 2020); Ampang (Selangor) Peninsular Malaysia ( Tay et al. 2014); Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia (Amin-Babjee 1987); “West Malaysia ”, Peninsular Malaysia ( Mustaffa-Babjee 1969).

Geographical distribution: Worldwide except Antarctica.

Remarks: Reports of Felicola subrostratus in Malaysia are abundant, albeit mostly in prevalence studies rather than experimental vector transmission or phylogenetic analyses ( Amin-Babjee 1978; Shanta et al. 1980; Norhidayu et al. 2012; Mohd-Zain et al. 2013; Colella et al. 2020). The cat louse was first reported from cats in Peninsular Malaysia by Mustaffa-Babjee (1969). Norhidayu (2012) recorded F. subrostratus from stray cats in four main cities in Peninsular Malaysia, this species being the second most prevalent ectoparasite collected in that survey. Tay et al. (2014) attempted to isolate and molecularly identify rickettsial pathogens from F. subrostratus collected in Pulau Pinang, Selangor and Terengganu, but the results showed no rickettsial omp genes. Low et al. (2017) reported a potentially new species of tapeworm of the genus Dipylidium from F. subrostratus .