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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Tricholipeurus parallelus
(Osborn)
Unlisted locations in the state,
January 1963
–
April 1970
, ex
Odocoileus virginianus
, coll. Kellogg, Kistner, Strickland, and Gerrish (Kellogg
et al.
1971, also Walker & Becklund 1970)
Of the two chewing lice of deer
T. parallelus
might be more common. In a limited study Whittaker & Goff (1979) found
T. parallelus
infested animals to be 20 times more common than those infested with
T. lipeuroides
.