Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158298 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269664 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-771D-EC1E-6D3C-FA4EFAE352E1 |
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Plazi |
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Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister) |
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Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister)
Richland Co., Columbia, 4 October 2002, ex sticky trap, coll. Orkin Pest Control.
The spiny rat louse, P. spinulosa , has an almost cosmopolitan distribution along with its hosts Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) and Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout) . Kim et al. (1986) reported a collection of P. spinulosa from rats in South Carolina. Polyplax spinulosa is an enzootic vector of Rickettsia typhi (Wolbach & Todd) and Haemobartonella muris (Mayer) in Rattus spp. populations (Durden 2002; Roberts & Janovy 2000). Pratt & Good (1954) reported P. spinulosa from 17 unspecified localities throughout South Carolina.
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