The occurrence of Lipoptena hippoboscids in Europe: a subject of potential misperception?

Furthermore, the collection of a "gravid" female I L. fortisetosa i from a mouflon in Germany indicates that mouflon can serve as a breeding host for I L. fortisetosa i (Rehbein I et al i ., 2016). However, it appears that only the records for I L. cervi i , I L. fortisetosa i , I L. couturieri i and I L. capreoli i are currently applicable. (2020) to be recorded in Europe, namely I L. arianae i Maa, 1969, I L. capreoli i Rondani, 1878, I L. cervi i (Linnaeus, 1758), I L. couturieri i Séguy, 1935 and I L. fortisetosa i Maa, 1965. In a recently published article entitled "Deer keds on wild ungulates in northern Italy, with a taxonomic key for the identification of I Lipoptena i spp. of Europe" (Salvetti et al., Med. [Extracted from the article]