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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Linognathus africanus
Kellogg and Paine
Pickens Co., Six Mile,
8 February 2003
, ex
Capra hircus
Linnaeus
, coll. S. Miller.
Linognathus africanus
is a nearly cosmopolitan ectoparasite of domestic goats and sheep. This louse was not previously reported in South Carolina, but
Durden
et al.
(1997)
reported it from Tennessee.
Linognathus africanus
is a potentially irritating pest of goats. Pet goats are popular in South Carolina and this louse could come into contact with people that allow goats into their homes.