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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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