All the host species are in the subgenus Mus (Musser and Carleton, 1993). One of the hosts has been identified as M. domesticus, a taxon now recognized as a distinct species by some researchers or a subspecies of M. muscufus by others. [ex. Durden, L. A., Musser, G. G. 1994. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 218: 1-90]. Holotype female, allotype male, from Mus musculus, Western Desert Governorate, Royal Shooting Club, 3 miles N of Faiyum, Egypt, H. Hoogstraal, type No. 64466 in the National Museum of Natural History Collection, Washington, D.C. [ex. Kim, K. C., Pratt, H. D., Stojanovich, C. J. 1986. The Sucking Lice of North America, p. 241: Pennsylvania State University]
Reference Title:
The Anoplura of african rodents and insectivores
Taxon Citation Remarks:
Citation information points to the most recent interpretation of the taxon name (not the original, which is absent from the sucking louse checklist).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
