Hoplopleura hirsuta

(Hoplopleura hirsuta)

Description

Hoplopleura hirsuta is a sucking louse that is known from North, Central, and South America. Its main hosts are cotton rats such as Sigmodon hispidus, Sigmodon ochrognathus, Sigmodon peruanus, and Sigmodon arizonae.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Psocodea

Family:Hoplopleuridae

Genus:Hoplopleura

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