@article {94344,
	title = {Arthropods infesting small mammals (Insectivora and Rodentia) near Cedar Point Biological Station in southwestern Nebraska},
	journal = {Insecta Mundi},
	volume = {0478},
	year = {2016},
	month = {April-15-2016},
	pages = {1 - 16},
	abstract = {<p>Cedar Point Biological Station (CPBS) is located in the mixed grass prairie of the central Great Plains, at the transition between the subregions known as the \&ldquo;tall grass\&rdquo; and \&ldquo;short grass\&rdquo; prairies. Adding to the habi- tat diversity, there are wetlands and riparian habitats associated with the North Platte River and the edge of the Sandhills region of north central Nebraska. This concurrence of habitats supports a diverse small mammal community. The purpose of this paper is to assemble all published information on ectoparasites associated with small mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia) of southwestern Nebraska, and to report the results of an intensive survey carried out by students of the Parasitology field course during two summers at CPBS. In 2012 and 2013, 27 species of mammal-associated arthropods were collected, including five species of sucking lice (Anoplura), a chewing louse (Ischnocera), six species of fleas (Siphonaptera), thirteen species of mesostigmatic mites (Laelapidae, Macronys- sidae, Macrochelidae), and two species of metastigmatic ticks (Ixodidae). These specimens were brushed from the pelage of 11 species of small mammals that were captured in a variety of habitats around CPBS. The arthropod list includes 17 new records for the State of Nebraska. This collection is housed in the Harold W. Manter Labora- tory of Parasitology (HWML), University of Nebraska State Museum, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and serves as a taxonomic base for our continued efforts to establish a long-term catalog of parasites associated with small mammals in southwestern Nebraska.</p>
},
	keywords = {ectoparasite, ixodidae, Laelapidae, Macrochelidae, Macronyssidae, Siphonaptera.},
	url = {http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/954/},
	author = {Lindsey Howell and Katelyn Jelden and R{\'a}cz S. Elizabeth and Scott Lyell Gardner and Donald D. Gettinger}
}
@article {46185,
	title = {Arthropod and helminth parasites from the Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys bursarius bursarius from the hosts{\textquoteright} northern boundary range in Minnesota},
	journal = {Journal of Parasitology},
	volume = {86},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000},
	pages = {153 - 156},
	abstract = {<p>As part of a continuing and more general study of the diversity of parasites from subterranean mammals in central North America, individuals of the Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys bursarius bursarius, were collected from 7 localities in northwestern Minnesota from September 1991 through October 1996. Arthropods collected included the fleas, Opisocrostis bruneri (4 of 124, 3.2\%), Foxella ignota ignota (85 of 124, 68.5\%); the chewing louse, Geomydoecus geomydis geomydis from 98 of 124 (79\%), and larvae of the tick, Dermacentor variabilis (1 of 124, 0.8\%). Nematodes found included Physaloptera limbata (2 of 118 gophers, 1.7\%), Capillaria americana (4 of 118, 3.4\%), and Ransomus rodentorum (31 of 118, 26.3\%). Cestodes recovered included Anoplocephaloides infrequens (12 of 136 gophers, 8.8\%), Anoplocephaloides variabilis (19 of 136, 14\%), Andrya macrocephala (20 of 136, 14.7\%), and Hymenolepis weldensis from 12 of 136, 8.8\%. The acanthocephalan, Moniliformis clarki was found in 1 of 118 gophers (0.8\%). No parasites were found in the cheek pouches, thoracic, or peritoneal cavities.</p>
},
	keywords = {Acanthocephala, animals, Arthropods/classification, Cestoda, Dermacentor, ectoparasite, fleas, Helminths, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology/parasitology/veterinary, Mallophaga, Minnesota/epidemiology, Nematoda/isolation \& purification, Prevalence, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Rodent Diseases/epidemiology/parasitology, rodentia},
	url = {http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037\&context=parasitologyfacpubs},
	author = {Bartel,M. H. and Scott Lyell Gardner}
}
