Haematopinus quadripertusus Fahrenholz

Florence Co., Florence, September 1949, ex Bos taurus, coll. M.D. Farrar.

Haematopinus quadripertusus was intercepted on a shipment of 100 head of cattle from Florida. The cattle tail louse, H. quadripertusus, is primarily restricted to tropical and subtropical regions and was previously unreported in South Carolina. Kim et al. (1986) reported US records only from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Puerto Rico.