@article {39804,
	title = {Ectoparasites and gastrointestinal helminths of southern flying squirrels in southeast Georgia},
	journal = {Journal of Parasitology},
	volume = {86},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000},
	pages = {1051 - 1055},
	abstract = {Southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans) from southeastern Georgia were examined for ectoparasites and gastrointestinal helminths. Ten species of ectoparasites were recovered, including 3 species of sucking lice (Hoplopleura trispinosa, Microphthirus uncinatus, and Neohaematopinus sciuropteri), 1 species of flea (Orchopeas howardi), 2 species of ticks (Amblyomma maculatum and Ixodes scapularis), 3 species of mesostigmatid mites (Androlaelaps casalis, A. fahrenholzi, and Haemogamasus ambulans), and 1 species of chigger (Leptotrombidium peromysci). Only the sucking lice and fleas were common on this host. M. uncinatus is reported for the first rime from eastern North America. The 2 most commonly collected ectoparasites, N. sciuropteri (prevalence = 63\%) and O. howardi (prevalence = 47\%), have previously been shown to be vectors of the rickettsial zoonotic agent that causes sporadic epidemic typhus. Also, 3 nematodes (Citellinema bifurcatum, Strongyloides robustus, and Syphacia thompsoni), I unidentified cestode, and 1 acanthocephalan (Moniliformis clarki) were found in flying squirrel gastrointestinal tracts. With the exception of S. thompsoni, which was common and relatively abundant in the cecum (prevalence = 94\%, intensity = 51 +/- 12), both the prevalence and intensity of helminth parasites were low. The nematode S. thompsoni and the acanthocephalan M. clarki are new state records for tree squirrels in Georgia.},
	keywords = {Florida},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/2257.pdf},
	author = {Pung,O. J. and Lance A. Durden and Patrick,M. J. and Conyers,T. and Mitchell,L. R.}
}
@article {39754,
	title = {Rodent ectoparasites from two locations in northwestern Florida},
	journal = {Journal of Vector Ecology},
	volume = {25},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000},
	pages = {222 - 228},
	abstract = {From Feb.-Apr. 1999, 19 species of ectoparasitic arthropods (2 sucking lice, 4 fleas, 4 ticks, 2 mesostigmatid mites, 5 chiggers, 2 fur mites) were recovered from 106 rodents belonging to 5 species (cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus, n=64; cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, n=23; eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana, n=9: golden mouse, Ochrotomys nuttalli, n=9; eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, n=1) at Tall Timbers Research Station, Leon County, Florida. During the same period, 13 species of ectoparasites (2 sucking lice, 1 flea, 3 ticks, 3 mesostigmatid mites, 2 chiggers, 2 fur mites) were recovered from 57 rodents belonging to 3 species (S. hispidus, n=40; black rat, Rattus rattus, n=16; S. carolinensis, n=1) from Panama City, Bay County, Florida. Noteworthy ectoparasite records include Ixodes minor from both sites, which extends the known geographical range of this tick, and Stenoponia americana from Tall Timbers that represents the second documented Florida record of this flea. Potential tick vectors (Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis) of zoonotic pathogens (Rickettsia rickettsii and Borrelia burgdorferi) were collected at both sites. On S. hispidus, fleas were more prevalent at Tall Timbers but sucking lice, chiggers, ticks, mesostigmatid and listrophorid mites all were more prevalent at the Panama City site. Arthropods recovered from arboreal nests (n=3) of O, nuttalli at Tall Timbers included 3 species of ectoparasites (1 tick, 2 laelapid mites).},
	keywords = {Acari, Borrelia, ectoparasite, Florida, lyme, rodents, south carolina},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/2168.pdf},
	author = {Lance A. Durden and Hu,R. J. and James H. Oliver Jr and Cilek,J. E.}
}
