A new species of sucking louse Hoplopleura villosissima n. sp. (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) and a new host record of the spiny rat louse Polyplax spinulosa Burmeister, 1839 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Polyplacidae) from the long-haired rat Rattus villosissimus Waite (Rodentia: Muridae) in Australia

BACKGROUND: The sucking louse fauna of endemic Australian rodents has been under-studied for decades. Sixty-five species of native rodents have been recorded in Australia. However, only 11 species of lice have been reported from 11 species of endemic Australian rodents. RESULTS: We describe a new sp...

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Autores principales: Wang, Wei, Weaver, Haylee J., Song, Fan, Durden, Lance A., Shao, Renfu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30139365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3037-8

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