Polyplax reclinata
Creators: name: Kazim, Abdul-Rahman
name: Houssaini, Jamal
name: Tappe, Dennis
name: Heo, Chong-Chin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Polyplacidae
Polyplax
Polyplax reclinata

description: Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864)
Pediculus reclinatus Nitzsch, 1864: 23.
Haematopinus reclinatus (Nitzsch, 1864); Giebel 1874: 37.
Haematopinus reclinatus (Nitzsch, 1864); Piaget 1880: 639.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Enderlein 1904a: 142.
Hoplopleura reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Enderlein 1904b: 222.
Haematopinus (Polyplax) spiniger reclinatus (Nitzsch); Neumann 1909: 524.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Fahrenholz 1912a: 37, figs 11–12, pl. 1: figs 12–14, pl. 2: figs 1–4, pl. 3: fig. 7. Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Ferris 1923: 192, figs 120C, G.
Polyplax reclinata leucodontis Jancke, 1932: 525, fig. 2b.
Polyplax reclinata reclinata (Nitzsch); Jancke 1932: 525, fig. 2a.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch); Fahrenholz 1938: 254, figs 9–11.
Polyplax deltoides Fahrenholz, 1938: 256, figs 12, 23d.
Polyplax reclinata leucodontis Jancke; Fahrenholz 1938: 256.
Polyplax deltoides Fahrenholz, 1938; Ferris 1951: 207.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Ferris 1951: 210.
Polyplax shimizui Kaneko, 1957: 271, fig. 2.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Johnson 1960: 55.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Johnson 1964: 83.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Beaucournu & Houin 1967: 67, figs 1–6.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch); Benoit 1969: 102, fig. 7.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Kim 1971: 51, figs 11–13.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Mishra 1981: 98, figs 223–225.
Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864); Durden & Musser 1994: 72.
Type host: Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 —Common shrew
Malaysian host: Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766).
Malaysian locality: Kuala Lumpur & Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia (Johnson 1964).
Geographical distribution: Africa, Eurasia (Durden & Musser 1994; Price & Graham 1997).
Remarks: Polyplax reclinata has been reported and redescribed by several authors (see synonymy above) and is regarded as polytypic (Beaucournu & Houin 1967; Kim & Emerson 1974). Johnson (1960, 1964) discussed the morphological variation of P. reclinata and provided a list of synonyms. Beaucournu & Houin (1967) discussed and illustrated in detail the diverse morphology of P. reclinata from various hosts. Kim (1971) described and illustrated the three nymphal instars of P. reclinata. This louse is known to infest a wide range of species of the genera Crocidura, Neomys, Scutisorex, Sorex, Suncus and Sylvisorex in the family Soricidae (Kim & Emerson 1974; Durden & Musser 1994). The known host species of P. reclinata were listed by Durden & Musser (1994), noting that future studies may even expand the number of hosts.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 301-336 in Zootaxa 5214 (3) on pages 318-319, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5214.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7389119