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Issue: Vol. 3630 No. 3: 21 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.3.3
Page range: 445–466
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Review of the systematics, biology and ecology of lice from pinnipeds and river otters (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae)

Laboratorio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Provincia de Chubut, Argentina
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
Phthiraptera Anoplura Echinophthiriidae Echinophthirius Antarctophthirus Lepidophthirus Proechinophthirus Latagophthirus sucking lice Pinnipedia Otariidae Odobenidae Phocidae Mustelidae fur seals sea lions walruses true seals river otter

Abstract

We present a literature review of the sucking louse family Echinophthiriidae, its five genera and twelve species parasitic on pinnipeds (fur seals, sea lions, walruses, true seals) and the North American river otter. We give detailed synonymies and published records for all taxonomic hierarchies, as well as hosts, type localities and repositories of type material; we highlight significant references and include comments on the current taxonomic status of the species. We provide a summary of present knowledge of the biology and ecology for eight species. Also, we give a host-louse list, and a bibliography to the family as complete as possible.

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