Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch)

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 : 35

Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch) —chicken body louse

Ex sticky trap below Gallus gallus (domestic chicken) roost: NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee, Frontier Farm, 11 Jun. 2003, W. K. Reeves.

This louse is distributed almost globally on chickens ( Emerson 1956, Durden 2002) but this is the first record from the Park.