Neotrichodectes mephitidis (Packard)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243903
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFEB-FFCF-FF3B-5943FC9FF9FA
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scientific name	Neotrichodectes mephitidis (Packard)
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Ex Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk): NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee, 25 Nov. 2003, W. K. Reeves; GSMNP ( Komarek & Komarek 1938) (as Neotrichodectes sp.).

Few skunks have been examined for ectoparasites in the Park. This louse parasitizes both striped and hooded ( Mephitis macroura View in CoL ) skunks ( Price et al. 2003).

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Abbreviations

GSMNP

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Phthiraptera
Family	Trichodectidae
Genus	Neotrichodectes

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