Sucking Lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) Parasitizing Mongolian Rodents With The Description Of A New Species Of Hoplopleura From Mountain Voles (Alticola Spp.) Author Durden, Lance A. Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30458. Author Robinson, Chase Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30458. Author Cook, Joseph A. Museum of Southwestern Biology and Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131. Author Bell, Kayce C. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California 90007. Author Nyamsuren, Batsaikhan Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 11000. Correspondence should be sent to Lance Durden at: ldurden @ georgiasouthern. edu Author Greiman, Stephen E. Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30458. text Journal of Parasitology 2022 2022-08-04 108 4 353 365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/22-2 journal article 58612 10.1645/22-2 c842970e-746e-486a-a25d-d952f42d4b37 1937-2345 7756349 3815C366-AB7B-4C80-BD1A-7FC0D0FAA097 Polyplax chinensis Ferris, 1923 Ex Meriones meridianus (Pallas) (midday jird), collection localities: unspecified, and Bayanhongor Province : Orog Nuur ( Sosnina, 1979 ; Chin, 1980 ; Durden and Musser, 1994; Krištofıḱ, 1999). New collection: Ex M. meridianus , Uvs Province , 6 km northeast of Olgii Soum , 25 July 2015 (NK 270079) . Notes: This louse is known to parasitize Meriones crassus Sundevall (Sundevall’s jird) and M. meridianus and has been recorded from China , Pakistan , Tajikistan , and Turkmenistan , in addition to Mongolia ( Sosnina, 1979 ; Durden et al., 1990 ; Durden and Musser, 1994; Krištofıḱ, 1999).