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
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10.1645/22-2
c842970e-746e-486a-a25d-d952f42d4b37
1937-2345
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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).