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Two new species of the sucking lice (Hoplopleuridae, Anoplura) from Rattus (Muridae, Rodentia) in Thailand*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Ke Chung Kim
Ke Chung Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
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Extract

The adult and two nymphal stages of Hoplopleura kitti sp.nov. from Rattus berdmorei Blyth, and the adult stage of Polyplax pricei sp.nov. from Rattus niveiventer Hodgson are described and illustrated.

I thank Dr K. C. Emerson, 2704 N. Kensington Street, Arlington, Virginia 22207 for making these specimens available to me for this study. I am grateful to Dr Edwin F. Cook of the University of Minnesota for reading the manuscript.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , August 1968 , pp. 701 - 707
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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