A new species of sucking louse (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi (Rodentia: Muridae), in Australia

Wei Wang; Lance A. Durden; Renfu Shao

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5091.3.7

A new species of sucking louse (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi (Rodentia: Muridae), in Australia

Wei Wang
, Lance A. Durden
, Renfu Shao

Biology

University of the Sunshine Coast

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Abstract

We describe and illustrate a new species of sucking louse, Hoplopleura tunneya new species, from the Australian pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi Thomas (Rodentia: Muridae). Currently, 22 species of the genus Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904 (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) are known from Australian endemic rodents. Among the seven “new endemic” rodent species of the genus Rattus in Australia, R. tunneyi is one of five hosts to Hoplopleura lice. In addition, we give a list of all the species of Hoplopleura known from Australian endemic rodents. Including the introduced species Polyplax spinulosa, the total number of sucking louse species known from Australian endemic rodents is now 24.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	477-486
Number of pages	10
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5091
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5091.3.7
State	Published - Jan 14 2022

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

Keywords

Anoplura
endemic Australian rodents
Hoplopleura tunneya
Hoplopleuridae
new species
Phthiraptera
Rattus tunneyi

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A new species of sucking louse (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi (Rodentia: Muridae), in Australia

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