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Linognathus africanus Kellogg and Paine
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Linognathus africanus Kellogg and Paine
Pickens Co., Six Mile, 8 February 2003, ex Capra hircus Linnaeus, coll. S. Miller. Linognathus africanus is a nearly cosmopolitan ectoparasite of domestic goats and sheep. This louse was not previously reported in South Carolina, but Durden et al. (1997) reported it from Tennessee. Linognathus africanus is a potentially irritating pest of goats. Pet goats are popular in South Carolina and this louse could come into contact with people that allow goats into their homes.
Notes
Published as part of Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 647 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158298
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kellogg and Paine
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Phthiraptera
- Family
- Linognathidae
- Genus
- Linognathus
- Species
- africanus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Durden, L. A., Kollars, T. M., Jr., Patton, S., & Gerhardt, R. R. (1997) Sucking lice (Anoplura) of mammals of Tennessee. Journal of Vector Ecology, 22, 71 - 76.