Pedicinus ancoratus Ferris, 1934

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Pedicinus ancoratus Ferris, 1934

Pedicinus ancoratus Ferris, 1934: 516 , figs 299, 300A–F, H–I.

Pedicinus (Neopedicinus) ancoratus Ferris, 1934 ; Kuhn & Ludwig 1967: 182, figs 29–36.

Pedicinus ancoratus Ferris, 1934 ; Durden & Musser 1994: 47.

Pedicinus ancoratus Ferris, 1934 ; Durden et al. 2020: 227.

Type host: “ Presbytis pullata Thomas & Wroughton 1909 ” = Trachypithecus cristatus (Raffles, 1821) .

Malaysian host: Trachypithecus selangorensis Roos, Nadler & Walter, 2008 .

Malaysian locality: Kuala Lumpur, Peninsular Malaysia ( Kuhn & Ludwig 1967).

Geographical distribution: Borneo, India (Jammu State, Kashmir State), Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, People’s Republic of China (Jiangsu Province), Sri Lanka, Thailand ( Durden & Musser 1994; Price & Graham 1997).

Remarks: The adult male and female of Pedicinus ancoratus were described and illustrated by Ferris (1934) and redescribed by Kuhn & Ludwig (1967). Ferris (1934) and Durden & Musser (1994) listed other cercopithecid hosts of P. ancoratus . There is only one record of P. ancoratus (six males, ten females and seven larvae) removed from a Selangor silvered langur in a Kuala Lumpur pet shop ( Kuhn & Ludwig 1967). Mey (2010) commented that Pedicinus ancoratus was a member of a species group consisting of P. tongkinensis Mey, 1994 , P. atratulus Mey, 1010 and P. curtipenitus Mey, 2010 .