Haematopinus suis Linnaeus

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 8-9

Haematopinus suis Linnaeus

Aiken Co., White Pond, 12 November 1963, ex Sus scrofa Linnaeus, coll. S.A. Hziz; Anderson Co., “pig farm”, 14 April 1981, ex S. scrofa , coll. T. Skelton; Townville, 10 January 1960, ex S. scrofa , coll. T. Skelton; Bamberg Co., Denmark, 5 October 1975, ex S. scrofa , coll. G. Sanders; Beauford Co., Palmetto Bluff, January 1979 – November 1980, ex S. scrofa , coll. Smith, Davidson, Nettles, and Gerrish (Smith et al. 1982); Berkeley Co., Francis Marion National Forest, Florence January 1979 – November 1980, ex S. scrofa , coll. Smith, Davidson, Nettles, and Gerrish (Smith et al. 1982); Florence Co., Florence, 12 May 1981, ex S. scrofa , coll. R.D. Simpson; Georgetown Co., Hobcaw Barony, January 1979 – November 1980, ex S. scrofa , coll. Smith, Davidson, Nettles, and Gerrish (Smith et al. 1982); Oconee Co., unlisted location, 20 October 1979, ex S. scrofa , coll. J. Shirley; Pickens Co., Clemson, 18 March 1975, ex S. scrofa , coll. Bradford.

Our collection records indicate that this louse infests pigs in all regions of the state. Haematopinus suis has also been reported in the nearby states of Georgia and Tennessee ( Kim et al. 1986; Durden et al. 1997). Haematopinus suis is the largest louse of domestic animals and is found on both domestic and feral pigs. Haematopinus suis can transmit the causative agent of swine pox (Durden 2002) and was implicated as a vector of Eperythrozoon parvum ( Marchette, 1982) .