Enderleinellus malaysianus Ferris, 1919

Kazim, Abdul-Rahman, Houssaini, Jamal, Tappe, Dennis & Heo, Chong-Chin, 2022, An annotated checklist of sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia, with lists of hosts and pathogens, Zootaxa 5214 (3), pp. 301-336 : 321

Enderleinellus malaysianus Ferris, 1919

This species is an interesting case with respect to the localities of the type series. In his description of the species, Ferris (1919) gave the host and locality of the holotype as “ Sciurus lucas [now Callosciurus caniceps ], St. Lukes Id., Mergui Archipelago, Malaysia ”. Also, Ferris (1919) designated paratypes of E. malaysianus collected from the same and other hosts in other localities, some of which were then part of “Malaya”. However, today, the Mergui Archipelago belongs to Myanmar, and the other localities are in Thailand or Indonesia. The only E. malaysianus specimen to have been reported closest to the Malaysian mainland was from Pulau Teratau, about 10 km north of Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, which now belongs to Thailand. Subsequent authors have followed Ferris (1919) in regarding E. malaysianus as a native species in Malaysia ( Johnson 1959, 1964; Durden & Musser 1994). Although the type host of this louse species does occur in Malaysia, there have not been any actual records of E. malaysianus from this country. Therefore, more collections and studies are needed to determine the presence of E. malaysianus in Peninsular Malaysia.