TABLE 1 in A new genus and new species of sucking louse (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Enderleinellidae) from the particoloured flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) in Laos, and an updated identification key to enderleinellid genera

  • Lance A. Durden (Creator)
  • Lorenza Beati Ziegler (Creator)
  • Stephen E. Greiman (Creator)
  • Alexei V. Abramov (Creator)

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TABLE 1. Families and genera of sucking lice that include species parasitic on members of the Sciuridae (squirrels, chipmunks, susliks and marmots). Louse Families &Genera Number of species Host Tribe/s Geographical Distributions Enderleinellidae Atopophthirus 2 Pteromyini Southeast Asia Enderleinellus b 47 Nannosciurini, Funambulini, Protoxerini, Pteromyini, Sciurini North America, South America, Eurasia, Africa Hylophthirus new genus 1 Pteromyini Southeast Asia Microphthirus 1 Pteromyini North America Phthirunculus 1 Pteromyini Southeast Asia Werneckia 5 Protoxerini Sub-Saharan Africa Hoplopleuridae Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904b a,b 19 Nannosciurini, Marmotini, Sciurini, Pteromyini North America, Southern Asia Paradoxophthirus Chin, 1989 1 Marmotini Southeast Asia Polyplacidae Johnsonpthirus Benoit, 1961 5 Protoxerini Africa Linognathoides Cummings, 1914 11 Marmotini, Xerini North America, Central America, Eurasia, Africa Neohaematopinus Mjöberg, 1910 a,b 30 Nannosciurini, Pteromyini, Sciurini North America, South America, Eurasiac Polyplax Enderlein, 1904 aa 1 Marmotini Europe a Except for Hoplopleura, Neohaematopinus and Polyplax, all known species in the remaining genera exclusively parasitise sciurid rodents. b Three species of squirrel-associated lice, Enderleinellus longiceps, Hoplopleura sciuricola and Neohaematopinus sciuri, have accompanied their host, the eastern grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, from North America to some other parts of the world as intentional or accidental squirrel introductions [Thompson 1935; Davis 1951 (louse misidentified as Neohaematopinus sciurinus), Durden & Musser 1994]. c Neohaematopinus callosciuri has accompanied its intentionally introduced host, Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas squirrel), from Taiwan to Japan (Shinozaki et al. 2003, 2004).
Date made availableFeb 1 2024
PublisherZENODO

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