Bovicola ovis

• Main Authors: Kazim, Abdul-Rahman, Houssaini, Jamal, Tappe, Dennis, Heo, Chong-Chin
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Psocodea; Trichodectidae; Bovicola; Bovicola ovis; Emerson; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7797787; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7797787

Bovicola ovis (Schrank, 1781) Pediculus ovis Schrank, 1781: 502, pl. 1: figs 8–9. Pediculus ovisarietis Schrank, 1803: 187. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus ovis Schrank, 1781. Pediculus sphaerocephalus Olfers, 1816: 85. Unnecessary nomen novum for Pediculus ovis Schrank, 1781. Trichodectes sphaerocephalus (Olfers, 1816); Nitzsch 1818: 296. Trichodectes ovis Schrank, 1781 [sic]; Harrison 1916: 71. Bovicola ovis (Schrank, 1781); Werneck 1950: 73, figs 54–56. Bovicola (Bovicola) ovis (Schrank, 1781); Price et al. 2003: 66, 253, fig. 248. Bovicola ovis (Schrank, 1781); Syamsul et al. 2020: 51, fig. 2C. Type host: “Ove ariete” = Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 —Sheep. Type locality: Not given, but Emerson & Price (1975) noted it was in Europe. Malaysian host: Ovis aries. Malaysian localities: Bachok, Gua Musang, Jeli, Kota Bharu, Kuala Krai, Machang, Pasir Mas, Pasir Puteh, Tanah Merah, Tumpat (Kelantan) Peninsular Malaysia (Syamsul et al. 2020); Ayer Keroh, Jasin (Melaka) Peninsular Malaysia (this paper); Beranang (Selangor) Peninsular Malaysia (this paper). Geographical distribution: Worldwide except Antarctica. Remarks: Here, we report two new records of Bovicola ovis from farmed sheep in the state of Selangor and in southern Melaka. Published as part of Kazim, Abdul-Rahman, Houssaini, Jamal, Tappe, Dennis & Heo, Chong-Chin, 2023, An annotated checklist of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera, Amblycera Rhynchophthirina) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia, pp. 40-60 in Zootaxa 5263 (1) on pages 46-47, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7797797