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

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-FFCB-FF3B-58EFFE5AF96D
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scientific name	Hoplopleura hesperomydis (Osborn)
status

Treatment

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.

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.

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.

Linzey, D. W. & Linzey, A. V. (1968) Mammals of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 84, 384 - 414.