Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921

Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921: 113, figs 72B, E, F.

Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921; Hopkins 1949: 459.

Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921; Ferris 1951: 136.

Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921; Johnson 1959: 580, figs 20–21, 24, 26.

Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921; Johnson 1964: 74.

Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921; Kim 1966: 611.

Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921; Mishra 1981: 34.

Hoplopleura erismata Ferris, 1921; Durden & Musser 1994: 24.

Type host: “ Sciurus ferrugineus cinnamomeus ” = Callosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield, 1823) —Finlayson’s squirrel.

Malaysian host: Callosciurus nigrovittatus (Horsfield, 1824) .

Malaysian locality: Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia (Johnson 1964).

Geographical distribution: Burma, India (Punjab), Malaysia, Nepal, People’s Republic of China (Yunnan Province), Thailand (Durden & Musser 1994; Price & Graham 1997; Zuo et al. 2011).

Remarks: The adult male and female of Hoplopleura erismata were described by Ferris (1921), with illustrations of plates and male genitalia only. Besides the type host, other hosts of H. erismata include Callosciurus caniceps (Gray, 1842), Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779), Callosciurus inornatus (Gray, 1867) and Callosciurus pygerythrus (Saint Hilaire, 1832), all in the family Sciuridae (Durden & Musser 1994) . Johnson (1964) noted that the record published by Ferris (1921) of H. erismata from the Asian striped squirrel ( Tamiops sp.) was most likely a mechanical contamination between hosts, after the specimen arrived in the museum. However, Zuo et al. (2011) reported H. erismata from all 25 specimens of Tamiops swinhoei (Milne-Edwards, 1874) examined for lice in China.