Bovicola bovis (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 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158298
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269668
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scientific name	Bovicola bovis (Linnaeus)
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Treatment

Pickens Co., Clemson, 9 September 1979, ex Bos taurus , coll. L.C. Hern. Bovicola bovis is a hostspecific ectoparasite of B. taurus (Hopkins & Clay 1952) . Infestations by B. bovis irritate cattle and cause millions of dollars of economic damage in the U.S. yearly (Price et al. 2003).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Phthiraptera
Family	Trichodectidae
Genus	Bovicola

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