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
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158298
45a301df-f575-46fa-a8ed-dd8d6ca53b18
11755326
158298
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Haematopinus eurysternus
Denny
Laurens Co., unlisted location,
26 February 1953
, ex
Bos taurus
Linnaeus
, coll. B. Cannon.
Haematopinus eurysternus
the short nosed cattle louse, is primarily a parasite of domestic cattle in cool temperate regions. This louse was not previously reported from South Carolina but it has been reported from
Georgia
and Tennessee (
Kim
et al.
1986
;
Durden
et al.
1997
). The CUAC has records of this louse including, a handwritten letter dated 1954 by W.J. Goodwin that reports this louse from cattle throughout the state.