Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
Author
Reeves, Will K.
Author
Durden, Lance A.
Author
Ritzi, Christopher M.
Author
Beckham, Katy R.
Author
Super, Paul E
Author
Oconnor, Barry M.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1392
31
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273680
b16429f8-be10-4681-ae21-d44e1643a345
11755326
273680
Neohaematopinus sciuropteri
(Osborn)
Ex
Glaucomys volans
(southern flying squirrel): 3M, 5F, 4N, NC, Haywood Co., Purchase Knob,
20 Oct. 2002
, K. Walters, L3036.
This louse is widely distributed in North
America
as an ectoparasite of both the northern and southern flying squirrel (
Kim et al. 1986
,
Durden & Musser 1994
) but the above record is the first for both North
Carolina
and the Park.
Neohaematopinus sciuropteri
might be involved with the enzootic transmission of
Rickettsia prowazekii
(
Sonenshine et al 1978
).