Polyplax chinensis Ferris, 1923

Durden, Lance A., Robinson, Chase, Cook, Joseph A., Bell, Kayce C., Nyamsuren, Batsaikhan & Greiman, Stephen E., 2022, Sucking Lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) Parasitizing Mongolian Rodents With The Description Of A New Species Of Hoplopleura From Mountain Voles (Alticola Spp.), Journal of Parasitology 108 (4), pp. 353-365 : 360-361

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1645/22-2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7756407
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scientific name	Polyplax chinensis Ferris, 1923
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Polyplax chinensis Ferris, 1923 View in CoL View at ENA

Ex Meriones meridianus (Pallas) View in CoL (midday jird), collection localities: unspecified, and Bayanhongor Province: Orog Nuur ( Sosnina, 1979; Chin, 1980; Durden and Musser, 1994; Krištofıḱ, 1999).

New collection: Ex M. meridianus View in CoL , Uvs Province, 6 km northeast of Olgii Soum , 25 July 2015 (NK 270079) .

Notes: This louse is known to parasitize Meriones crassus Sundevall (Sundevall’s jird) and M. meridianus and has been recorded from China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, in addition to Mongolia ( Sosnina, 1979; Durden et al., 1990; Durden and Musser, 1994; Krištofıḱ, 1999).