Damalinia cordillerai n.sp. (Mallophaga: Trichodectidae) and two other previously known arthropod parasites of the Luzon samba deer, Cervus (Rusa) philippinus Smith, 1827 (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Ruminantia)

Damalinia cordillerai, a new species of biting lose from a Lzon sambar deer, Cervus (Rusa) philippinus Smith, 1827 from the Cordillera mountains near Colayo, Kalinga, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Philipppines is described and illustrated. It was compared with the closely related species of the genus, Damalinia maai Emerson and Price, 1973. Two previously known species, Haematopinus nigricantis Weisser and Kim, 1972 (sucking louse) and Lipoptena rusaecola Bequaert, 1942 (a louse fly) were also reported from the same host. The former is herin reported for the first time from this host consitituting a new host record for the species. A summary of the parasites so far recorded from the Luzon sambar deer is presented.