Haemodipsus brachylagi n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Polyplacidae), a new sucking louse from the pygmy rabbit in Nevada

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-251

  Durden, Lance A ^a   Rausch, Robert L ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INSECT; LAGOMORPH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMODIPSUS BRACHYLAGI; LOUSE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RABBIT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANOPLURA; FEMALE; LAGOMORPHA; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; NEVADA;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANOPLURA; BRACHYLAGUS; BRACHYLAGUS IDAHOENSIS; HAEMODIPSUS; LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; POLYPLACIDAE;

EID: 34249082152     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1027R.1     Document Type: Article

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