This louse (as P. abscisa) was reported from Microtus montebelli (Milne-Edwards) in Japan by Suyemoto et al. (1954), Scanlon (1954), and Kaneko (1955); these are considered to represent erroneous records. [ex. Durden, L. A., Musser, G. G. 1994. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 218: 1-90]. Holotype male from Microtus sp. From Alaska (USNM 40159), in the National Museum of Natural History Collection, Washington, D.C. Type specimens of Polyplax abscisa Fahrenholz are presumably in the Fahrenholz Collection, Germany. [ex. Kim, K. C., Pratt, H. D., Stojanovich, C. J. 1986. The Sucking Lice of North America, p. 241: Pennsylvania State University]
Reference Title:
Description of three new species of sucking lice, together with a key to some related species of the genus Polyplax
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).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
