Gliricola porcelli Schrank

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 : 7-8

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.158298

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52622931-7DA7-4EF3-9AB9-47D8E47C9B4C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269620

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-7710-EC12-6D3C-F975FAC65546

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scientific name

Gliricola porcelli Schrank
status

 

Gliricola porcelli Schrank

Charleston Co., Charleston, 20 September 1990, ex Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus) , coll. B. Muckenfuss.

Gliricola porcelli is a chewing louse of guinea pigs. Guinea pigs are not endemic to South Carolina and this louse was probably removed from animals in a pet store or home.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Phthiraptera

Family

Gyropidae

Genus

Gliricola