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Hoplopleura arizonensis Stojanovich and Pratt, 1961
Nomenclature
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Family: HoplopleuridaeGenus: Hoplopleura
Species:
Hoplopleura arizonensis Stojanovich and Pratt, 1961
Usage:
valid
Authors:
Stojanovich and Pratt, 1961
Journal:
J. Parasitol.
Pages:
312-316
Published Taxon Remarks:
The type host was identified as Sigmodon sp. collected at Sacaton in Pinal County, Arizona. Four species of Sigmodon are found in Arizona but S. arizonae is the only species found in the Sacaton region (Hoffmeister, 1986: 394). [ex. Durden, L. A., Musser, G. G. 1994. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 218: 1-90]. Holotype male and allotype female on same slide, Pinal County, Arizona, 2 March 1947, collector unknown from Sigmodon sp., in the National Museum of Natural History Collection, Washington D.C. Ferris (1916b, 1921) had material of both hirsuta and arizonensis before him when he described hirsuta. The type designated by Ferris (1951), which is from Raleigh, North Carolina, has a blunt head. The female “hirsuta” that Ferris described and figured in 1921 is actually arizonensis from Sacaton, Arizona. Figure 75 in the 1921 paper clearly shows the elongate pointed head and figure 76C shows the long and slender paratergite 4 and 5 characteristic of arizonensis. [ex. Kim, K. C., Pratt, H. D., Stojanovich, C. J. 1986. The Sucking Lice of North America, p. 241: Pennsylvania State University]
Reference Title:
Key to the North American sucking lice in the genera Hoplopleura and Neohaematopinus with description of two species (Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae)
Taxon Citation Remarks:
Citation information points to the most recent interpretation of the taxon name (not the original, which is absent from the sucking louse checklist).
Authority:
Stojanovich and Pratt, 1961
URL:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3275316
Volume:
47
Year:
1961
Ecological Interactions
Species A![]() | Interaction | Species B | Link |
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Hoplopleura arizonensis | ectoparasite of | Sigmodon arizonae | view |
Hoplopleura arizonensis | ectoparasite of | Sigmodon hispidus | view |