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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243885
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFEE-FFCA-FF3B-58E3FD85FA0A
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scientific name	Neohaematopinus sciuropteri (Osborn)
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Ex Glaucomys volans View in CoL (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).

References

Durden, L. A. & Musser, G. G. 1994. The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 218, 1 - 90.

Kim, K. C., Pratt, H. D. & Stojanovich, C. J. (1986) The sucking lice of North America: an illustrated manual for identification. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park. 241 pp.

Sonenshine, D. E., Bozeman, F. M., Williams, M. S., Masiello, S. A., Chadwick, D. P., Stocks, N. I., Lauer, D. M. & Elisberg, B. L. (1978) Epizootiology of epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) in flying squirrels. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 27, 339 - 349.