Hoplopleura hirsuta Ferris

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 : 9

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.6269634

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-771E-EC1D-6D3C-FC7DFAE9516E

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Plazi

scientific name

Hoplopleura hirsuta Ferris
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Hoplopleura hirsuta Ferris

Charleston Co., Wedge Plantation, 17 October 1994, 21 September 1994, and 23 October 1996, ex Sigmodon hispidus , coll. K.L. Clark; Mount Pleasant, 9 September 1995 and 28 September 1995, ex S. hispidus , coll. K.L. Clark; Chester Co., unlisted, 11 November 1994, ex S. hispidus , coll. K.L. Clark; Hampton Co., Palachucola Wildlife Management Area, 9 February 1999, coll. M.T.

Hoplopleura hirsuta is an ectoparasite of Sigmodon spp. in the Nearctic and Neotropics. In South Carolina H. hirsuta is a specific ectoparasite of S. hispidus . Although not previously reported from South Carolina, this louse has been reported from the nearby states of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee ( Kim et al. 1986; Durden et al. 1997).

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