Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
Author
Reeves, Will K.
Author
Durden, Lance A.
Author
Ritzi, Christopher M.
Author
Beckham, Katy R.
Author
Super, Paul E
Author
Oconnor, Barry M.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1392
31
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273680
b16429f8-be10-4681-ae21-d44e1643a345
11755326
273680
Neohaematopinus semifasciatus
Ferris
Ex
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(red squirrel):
TN
, Sevier Co., Greenbrier,
2 Apr. 1931
, R. L. Boke (
Durden et al. 1997a
); 1F,
TN
, Sevier Co., Clingman’s Dome,
17 Jul. 2001
, K. Walters, L3009.
The primary hosts of this louse are
Tamiasciurus douglasii
and
T. hudsonicus
in North
America
; but it is known to infest several other species of tree squirrels in
Panama
and
Venezuela
(
Durden & Musser 1994
).