Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister)

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 : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158298

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52622931-7DA7-4EF3-9AB9-47D8E47C9B4C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269664

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-771D-EC1E-6D3C-FA4EFAE352E1

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister)
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

Family

Polyplacidae

Genus

Polyplax

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