Hoplopleura oryzomydis Pratt & Lane

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.158298
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269636
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scientific name	Hoplopleura oryzomydis Pratt & Lane
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Charleston Co., Wedge Plantation, 22 September 1994, ex Oryzomys palustris (Harlan) , coll. K.L. Clark.

In South Carolina, H. oryzomydis is a specific ectoparasite of the marsh rice rat, O. palustris. Hoplopleura oryzomydis also infests other Oryzomys spp. in the Neotropics. Kim et al. ( 1986) reported collections of H. oryzomydis from Bull Island and Charleston.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Phthiraptera
Family	Hoplopleuridae
Genus	Hoplopleura

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