Table 2.

Morphological identification of lice collected from Algeria and stored at −20 °C before being tested by MALDI-TOF MS.

Hosts	Morphological ID	Souk-Ahras	Guelma	El Tarf	Total
Cattle (n = 20)	Bovicola bovis b	49	56	/	105
	Haematopinus eurysternus a	401	278	/	679
	Linognathus vituli a	26	19	/	45
	Solenopotes capillatus a	646	339	/	985
Sheep (n = 25)	Bovicola ovis b	289	111	95	495
Goats (n = 18)	Bovicola caprae b	258	105	85	448
	Linognathus africanus a	145	111	106	362
Poultry (n = 17)	Menacanthus stramineus b	46	162	3	211
	Menopon gallinae b	199	83	132	414
	Chelopistes meleagridis b	20	/	/	20
	Goniocotes gallinae b	101	92	82	275
	Goniodes gigas b	2	/	10	12
	Lipeurus caponis b	30	17	14	61
Total	13 species	2212	1373	527	4112

^aAnoplura.

^bMallophaga.