Hoplopleura oryzomydis Pratt & Lane

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158298
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269636
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scientific name	Hoplopleura oryzomydis Pratt & Lane
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Charleston Co., Wedge Plantation, 22 September 1994, ex Oryzomys palustris (Harlan) , coll. K.L. Clark.

In South Carolina, H. oryzomydis is a specific ectoparasite of the marsh rice rat, O. palustris. Hoplopleura oryzomydis also infests other Oryzomys spp. in the Neotropics. Kim et al. (1986) reported collections of H. oryzomydis from Bull Island and Charleston.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Phthiraptera
Family	Hoplopleuridae
Genus	Hoplopleura

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