Lepidophthirus piriformis Blagoveshtchensky, 1966

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 : 453

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scientific name	Lepidophthirus piriformis Blagoveshtchensky, 1966
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Lepidophthirus piriformis Blagoveshtchensky, 1966: 806 , figs 4–8. Kim et al. 1975: 547; King 1983: 203; Kim 1988: 108; Durden & Musser 1994a: 8; Durden & Musser 1994b: 141; Aznar et al. 2001: 385, fig. 1B.

Type host. Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) —Mediterranean monk seal.

Type locality. Black Sea coast of Anatolia, Turkey.

Type specimen/s data. Holotype Ƥ, and 47 paratypes (29 ƤƤ and 18 3) in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Other hosts. None.

Geographic distribution. Mediterranean and Black Seas, and Atlantic coast of northwestern Africa.

Significant references. Durden & Musser (1994a: 8, hosts, distribution).

Remarks. The original description is in Russian, but an English translation is available (see below in References).