Linognathus vituli (Linnaeus)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 10

Linognathus vituli (Linnaeus)

Calhoun Co., St. Matthews, 1 January 1955, ex Bos taurus, coll. F.R. Gressette; Hampton Co., Estill, 24 May 1957, ex B. taurus; Pickens Co., Clemson, 1 January 1931, ex B. taurus, coll. D.J. and D.W; Clemson, 13 February 1956, ex B. taurus, coll. unlisted

The longnosed cattle louse, L. vituli , has a worldwide distribution and is a parasite of B. taurus . All our collections were from the middle of the previous century and this louse might now be rare in South Carolina. Kim et al. (1986) reported collections of this louse from cattle in Clemson, South Carolina.