Menacanthus gonophaeus ( Burmeister, 1838 )

Ošlejšková, Lucie, Krištofík, Ján, Trnka, Alfréd & Sychra, Oldřich, 2021, An annotated checklist of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Slovakia, Zootaxa 5069 (1), pp. 1-80 : 30

Menacanthus gonophaeus ( Burmeister, 1838)

Host: Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 .

Ref.: Balát (1977); Hudec (1983); this paper.

Locations: Slovakia ( Balát 1977); Veľké Blahovo, 1 Jun. 2005 (Krištofík Coll., VETUNI).

Notes: Balát (1977) recorded Menacanthus gonophaeus from Slovakia without a host association. Considering that Corvus corax is the type host of M. gonophaeus , we assume that this is the host of Balát’s record. Furthermore, we can confirm this host-louse association with our recent material. This is a new host-louse association for Slovakia.