Stachiella octomaculatus (Paine)

Jasper Co., Ridgeland, 28 November 1996, ex Procyon lotor (Linnaeus), coll. L.A. Durden; Oconee Co., Seneca, 21 May 2004, ex P. l o t o r, coll. W.K. Reeves; Pickens Co., Clemson, 27 April 2004, ex P. lotor, coll. W.K. Reeves and M.P. Nelder.

Stachiella octomaculatus is a host­specific ectoparasite of P. lotor (Hopkins & Clay 1952) . This louse probably infests raccoons throughout South Carolina.