title: A checklist of sucking lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura) associated with Mexican wild mammals, including geographical records and a host-parasite list.
abstract: A checklist of 44 species of sucking lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura) recorded in Mexico, belonging to nine genera in six families is given, together with a list of the 63 species of Mexican wild mammal hosts with which they are associated. Summaries of the known geographical records and host relationships for each louse species are presented for each Mexican state. Data were compiled from published and original records, including three new locality records from the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Acarologia, Departamento de Biología Comparada; Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Ciudad Universitaria. C. P. 04510. Distrito Federal, México. mcgc@fciencias.unam.mx
authors.forename: Sokani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Montes
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guzmán-Cornejo
authors.forename: Livia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: León-Paniagua
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rivas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000854:Anoplura / Q000145:classification*; D057189:Checklist; D008322:Mammals / Q000469:parasitology*; D008800:Mexico