Proechinophthirus zumpti Werneck, 1955
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Proechinophthirus zumpti Werneck, 1955 |
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Proechinophthirus zumpti Werneck, 1955
Proechinophthirus zumpti Werneck, 1955: 419 , figs 1–5. King 1964: 139; Dailey & Brownell 1972: 533; Kim et al. 1975: 547; Kim 1979: 497, figs 1–6; King 1983: 203; Kim 1985: 201, fig. 5.2; Kim 1988: 108–109; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994b: 140; Pajot 2000: 35, fig. 6; Castro et al. 2002: 813, figs 1–19; Morgades et al. 2006: 92. Proechinophthirius [sic] zumpti Werneck, 1955 ; Ledger 1980: 207, fig. 216. Misspelling.
Type host. Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) —Cape fur seal.
Type locality. Mossel Bay, Cape Province, South Africa.
Type specimen/s data. Holotype 3, allotype Ƥ, one 3, two Ƥ and one nymph paratypes (Werneck 1955: 419). Two paratypes deposited in NHML: Ƥ (BM1901-254), 3 (BM1901-284). The remaining types have not been located. No types are held in the Entomological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Márcio Felix pers. comm. 2012).
Other hosts. Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) —South American fur seal.
Geographic distribution. Neotropical and southern Ethiopian Regions.
Significant references. Kim (1979: 497, population dynamics; phylogeny; detailed descriptions of adults, nymphs and egg); Durden & Musser (1994a: 8, hosts, distribution); Castro et al. (2002: 813, scanning electron microscopy of egg, adults and last nymph).
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