Hoplopleura hesperomydis (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 : 33

Hoplopleura hesperomydis (Osborn)

Ex Ochrotomys nuttalli (golden mouse): TN, Sevier Co., near Cosby, D. W. Linzey, 1964–1966 ( Linzey 1968, Linzey & Linzey 1968, Durden et al. 1997a).

Ex Peromyscus leucopus (white­footed mouse): 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Twin Creeks, 11 Mar. 2002, K. Walters, L­2987.

Ex Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse): 1M, 5F, NC, Haywood Co., Purchase Knob, 20 Nov. 2002, K. Walters, L­3037; 1F, TN, Cocke Co., Rabbit Creek, 17 Feb. 2002, K. Walters, L­3043; TN, Sevier Co., Alum Cave Bluff Trail, Oct. 1953, P. T. Johnson, M. L. Morrow & G. Rust ( Durden et al. 1997a); TN, Sevier Co., Moss Forest, Oct. 1953, P. T. Johnson, M. L. Morrow & G. Rust ( Durden et al. 1997a); 4M, 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Roaring Fork Creek, 19 Feb. 2002, K. Walters, L­2999.

This louse has been recorded across much of North America and Mexico as a parasite of Peromyscus spp. and Ochrotomys nuttalli ( Durden & Musser 1994) . Hoplopleura hesperomydis appears to be fairly common on these rodents in the Park.