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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158298
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Haematopinus asini
(Linnaeus)
Oconee Co., Walhalla (Craig's Orchard),
12 June 1943
, ex
Equus caballus
Linnaeus
, coll. E.V. Prevort; Pickens Co., Clemson College,
November 1933
, ex mule (
E. caballus
and
E. asinus
Linnaeus
hybrid), coll. D. Dunavan.
The sucking louse of horses is probably still present in South Carolina although the only collection records date from the 1930–1940s. Ewing deposited most of his material in the
United States
National Museum and the Walhalla record was reported by
Kim
et al.
(1986)
.