Hoplopleura hirsuta

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hoplopleuridae Scientific name Hoplopleura hirsuta		Phylum Arthropoda Order Anoplura Genus Hoplopleura Rank Species
Similar Polyplax spinulosa, Hoplopleuridae, Bartonella vinsonii, Hispid cotton rat, Cotton rat

Hoplopleura hirsuta is a sucking louse that is known from North, Central, and South America. Its main hosts are cotton rats such as Sigmodon hispidus, Sigmodon ochrognathus, Sigmodon peruanus, and Sigmodon arizonae.

Literature cited

Durden, L.A. and 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.

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