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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Polyplax spinulosa
(Burmeister)
Richland Co.,
Columbia
,
4 October 2002
, ex sticky trap, coll. Orkin Pest Control.
The spiny rat louse,
P
.
spinulosa
, has an almost cosmopolitan distribution along with its hosts
Rattus rattus
(Linnaeus)
and
Rattus norvegicus
(Berkenhout)
. Kim
et al.
(1986) reported a collection of
P
.
spinulosa
from rats in South Carolina.
Polyplax spinulosa
is an enzootic vector of
Rickettsia typhi
(Wolbach & Todd)
and
Haemobartonella muris
(Mayer)
in
Rattus
spp. populations (Durden 2002; Roberts & Janovy 2000). Pratt & Good (1954) reported
P
.
spinulosa
from 17 unspecified localities throughout South Carolina.