The genus Polyplax (Anoplura, Polyplacidae) in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of a new species

Three species of sucking lice assignable to the genus Polyplax are documented from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Polyplax wallacei, new species, is described from a series of females collected from three species of sympatric murid rodents from primary lowland rain forest in North Sulawesi. Polyplax eropepli (Ewing) is redescribed from the original type material from the Celebes soft-furred rat , Eropepfus canus, from montane forest in Central Sulawesi; adults of both sexes are illustrated. Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister) is recorded from two species of commensal rats in North Sulawesi.