Hoplopleura oryzomydis
| Hoplopleura oryzomydis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Anoplura |
| Family: | Hoplopleuridae |
| Genus: | Hoplopleura |
| Species: | H. oryzomydis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplopleura oryzomydis Pratt and Lane, 1951 | |
Hoplopleura oryzomydis is a sucking louse that is known from the southern United States, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. It is known from several oryzomyine rodents: the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), O. couesi, Handleyomys alfaroi, Transandinomys talamancae, Melanomys caliginosus, and Sigmodontomys alfari.[1]
References
- ↑ Durden and Musser, 1994, p. 31
Literature cited
- Durden, L.A. and Musser, G.G. 1994. The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 218:1–90.
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