Latagophthirus rauschi Kim & Emerson, 1974

Leonardi, Maria Soledad & Palma, Ricardo Luis, 2013, Review of the systematics, biology and ecology of lice from pinnipeds and river otters (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae), Zootaxa 3630 (3), pp. 445-466 : 455

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scientific name	Latagophthirus rauschi Kim & Emerson, 1974
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Latagophthirus rauschi Kim & Emerson, 1974: 442 , figs 1–7. Marshall 1981: 207; Kim 1982b: 124; Kim et al. 1986: 52, pl. 5; Beaucournu 1993: 13; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994b: 140.

Type host. Lontra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads, 1898) —North American river otter.

Type locality. 1.6 km NE of Broadbent, Coos Co., Oregon, U.S.A.

Type specimen/s data. Holotype 3 and allotype Ƥ in USNM (Kim et al. 1986: 52; Durden & Adams 2005: 49) and 35 paratypes (23, 4ƤƤ and 29 nymphs) in KCEM.

Other hosts. None.

Geographic distribution. Western North America.

Significant references. Kim et al. (1986: 52, diagnosis, figures); Durden & Musser (1994a: 8, hosts, distribution).

Remarks. Nymphal stages have not yet been described.