Enderleinellus kumadai Kaneko, 1954

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Enderleinellus kumadai Kaneko, 1954

Enderleinellus kumadai Kaneko, 1954: 49 , figs 1–2.

Enderleinellus kumadai Kaneko, 1954 ; Johnson 1959: 573, figs 6–9.

Enderleinellus kumadai Kaneko, 1954 ; Johnson 1964: 70.

Enderleinellus kumadai Kaneko, 1954 ; Durden & Musser 1994: 10.

Enderleinellus kumadai Kaneko, 1954 ; Hartini 2000: 259, figs 1–2.

Type host: Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779) —Pallas’s squirrel.

Malaysian hosts: Callosciurus notatus (Boddaert, 1785) , Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822) , Callosciurus nigrovittatus (Horsfield, 1824) , Glyphotes simus Thomas, 1898 .

Malaysian localities: Gunung Kinabalu & Ranau (Sabah) Malaysian Borneo ( Johnson 1964); Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia ( Johnson 1964); Peninsular Malaysia ( Durden & Musser 1994).

Geographical distribution: Belgium, Borneo, France, Japan, Malaysia, Inner Mongolia: People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand ( Durden & Musser 1994; Price & Graham 1997; Dozières et al. 2010).

Remarks: The adult male and female of Enderleinellus kumadai were described and illustrated by Kaneko (1954). Johnson (1959) provided a morphological comparison with close species and figures of the male genitalia, the female and paratergal plates. Johnson (1964) commented that E. kumadai had a broad host spectrum and was more common than records would indicate, since this species was often overlooked in louse studies. This statement holds true to this day, as recent studies have not reported E. kumadai from small wild mammals in Malaysia ( Mariana et al. 2008; Madinah et al. 2014). Although E. kumadai is native to South East Asia, it has been introduced to other regions, namely Europe and Japan ( Durden & Musser 1994; Dozières et al. 2010).