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Issue: Vol. 4247 No. 1: 24 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.3
Page range: 31–44
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of the sucking louse genus Hoplopleura (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) in northern Australia

School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland 4556, Australia. Present address: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, GPO Box 787, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Phthiraptera Anoplura Hoplopleuridae Hoplopleura lice new species Rodentia Muridae Australia

Abstract

Three new species of the rodent louse genus Hoplopleura (Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) are described and illustrated from Australia: H. melomydis new species from Melomys burtoni (Muridae: Hydromyini, grassland melomys) and M. capensis (Muridae: Hydromyini, Cape York melomys) from Queensland; H. notomydis new species and H. setosa new species from Notomys alexis (Muridae: Hydromyini, spinifex hopping mouse) from the Northern Territory. These new louse species are the first lice recorded from each of the three host rodent species.

 

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