The hoplopleurid lice of the Indo-Malayan Subregion (Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae)

The species of hoplopleurid sucking lice of the Indo Malayan Subregion are discussed from the standpoint of their taxonomy and interrelationships with their mammal hosts. Including the 9 new species and 1 new genus described herein, 27 species and 6 genera of hoplopleurids are now known from this subregion. Keys to genera and species are included. The major part of the material was collected in Malaya and British North Borneo by joint U.S. Army and British Colonial Office teams in the decade following World War II. Described as new are: Hoplopleura dissicula, H. sicata, H. diaphora, Ancistroplax nasuta, Neohaematopinus pansus, N. robustus, N. pallidus, Sathrax durus, and Polyplax expressa.