Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A.
Author
Reeves, Will K.
Author
Durden, Lance A.
Author
Wrenn, William J.
text
Zootaxa
2004
647
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158298
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Euschoengastia peromysci
(Ewing)
Barnwell Co., Savannah River Site,
27 October 1978
, ex
Microtus pinetorum
(Le Conte)
, coll. J. Caldwell; Jasper Co., Ridgeland Co.,
28 November 1996
,
30 November 1996
, and
21 July 1997
, ex
Neotoma floridanus
, coll. L.A. Durden; Oconee Co., Howard Creek,
26 October 1986
, ex
Napaeozapus insignis
(Miller)
, coll. T. Sorrow; Sumter National Forest,
9 November 1980
, ex
Peromyscus leucopus
, coll. E. Pivorun; Pickens Co. Clemson,
17 October 1971
, ex
M. pinetorum
, coll. G.D. Ehnat.
Euschoengastia peromysci
was collected in the mountain, piedmont, and coastal plain regions of South Carolina.
Joy
et al.
(1973)
reported
E
.
peromysci
from
Microtus pennsylvanicus
,
P. leucopus
, and
Sylvilagus floridanus
(Allen)
in West Virginia; and
Crossley and Proctor (1971)
reported it from
Tamias striatus
(Linnaeus)
and
M. pinetorum
from the piedmont of
Georgia
.