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
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158298
45a301df-f575-46fa-a8ed-dd8d6ca53b18
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158298
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Hoplopleura hirsuta
Ferris
Charleston Co., Wedge Plantation,
17 October 1994
,
21 September 1994
, and
23 October 1996
, ex
Sigmodon hispidus
,
coll. K.L. Clark; Mount Pleasant,
9 September 1995
and
28 September 1995
, ex
S. hispidus
, coll. K.L. Clark; Chester Co., unlisted,
11 November 1994
, ex
S. hispidus
, coll. K.L. Clark; Hampton Co., Palachucola Wildlife Management Area,
9 February 1999
, coll. M.T.
Hoplopleura hirsuta
is an ectoparasite of
Sigmodon
spp. in the Nearctic and Neotropics. In South Carolina
H. hirsuta
is a specific ectoparasite of
S. hispidus
.
Although not previously reported from South Carolina, this louse has been reported from the nearby states of
Georgia
, North Carolina, and Tennessee (
Kim
et al.
1986
;
Durden
et al.
1997
).