Hoplopleura sciuricola Ferris

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 : 33-34

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243879
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFEF-FFCA-FF3B-5B47FF5DFEAA
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-04-04 21:03:41, last updated 2024-11-26 07:37:28)
scientific name	Hoplopleura sciuricola Ferris
status

Treatment

Ex Sciurus carolinensis (gray squirrel): 1F, NC, Swain Co., Cherokee, Sep. 2000, K. Walters, L3008; 1F, 1M, TN, Sevier Co., Sugarlands on US 441, 19 Dec. 2005, W. K. Reeves, L3329.

Ex Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (red squirrel): GSMNP, 20 Sep. 1936, E. V. Komarek ( Durden et al. 1997a).

This tree squirrelassociated sucking louse is widely distributed in North, Central, and South America ( Durden & Musser 1994). Durden et al. (1997a) reported H. sciuricola from Tennessee and the GSMNP. This louse has been implicated in the transmission of Rickettsia prowazekii , the agent of epidemic typhus ( Bozeman et al., 1981). In addition an undescribed genotype of Bartonella was detected in this louse (Durden et al. 2004).

References

Durden, L. A., Kollars, T. M. Jr., Patton, S. & Gerhardt, R. R. (1997 a) Sucking lice (Anoplura) of mammals of Tennessee. Journal of Vector Ecology, 22, 71 - 76.

Bozeman, F. M., Soneshine, D. E., Williams, M. S., Chadwick, D. P., Lauer, D. M. & Elisberg, B. L. (1981) Experimental infection of ectoparasitic arthropods with Rickettsia prowazekii (GvF- 16 strain) and transmission to flying squirrels. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 30, 253 - 263.

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.