Neohaematopinus sciuropteri (Osborn)

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 : 34

Neohaematopinus sciuropteri (Osborn)

Ex Glaucomys volans (southern flying squirrel): 3M, 5F, 4N, NC, Haywood Co., Purchase Knob, 20 Oct. 2002, K. Walters, L­3036.

This louse is widely distributed in North America as an ectoparasite of both the northern and southern flying squirrel ( Kim et al. 1986, Durden & Musser 1994) but the above record is the first for both North Carolina and the Park. Neohaematopinus sciuropteri might be involved with the enzootic transmission of Rickettsia prowazekii ( Sonenshine et al 1978).