GeneCology Research Centre, School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.
Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
J Med Entomol. 2021 Jan 12;58(1):298-319. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa206.
Based on a comprehensive study of museum specimens, eight new species of sucking lice of the genus Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae), are described from six genera of Australian Old Endemic rodents: Conilurus Ogilby, 1838 (Rodentia: Muridae), Leggadina Thomas, 1910 (Rodentia: Muridae), Leporillus Thomas, 1906 (Rodentia: Muridae), Mesembriomys Palmer, 1906 (Rodentia: Muridae), Pogonomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 (Rodentia: Muridae), and Xeromys Thomas, 1889 (Rodentia: Muridae). The description of these new species increases the number of sucking louse species from endemic Australian rodents from 13 to 21 and extends the records of sucking lice to all of the 14 genera of endemic rodents in Australia. Our results show that sucking lice are much more diverse among rodents in Australia than previously known. Furthermore, the Australian Hoplopleura species are host specific-each Hoplopleura species, including the eight new species described in the present study, parasitizes only a single host species, except Hoplopleura irritans Kuhn and Ludwig, 1967 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) and Hoplopleura melomydis Weaver, 2017 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae), each of which is found on two host species. An updated dichotomous key for identifying Australian Hoplopleura species is included.
基于对博物馆标本的综合研究，描述了来自澳大利亚 6 个特有古老啮齿动物属的 8 种新的刺吸虱属 Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904（Psocodea：Phthiraptera：Hoplopleuridae）物种：Conilurus Ogilby, 1838（啮齿目：鼠科），Leggadina Thomas, 1910（啮齿目：鼠科）， Leporillus Thomas, 1906（啮齿目：鼠科），Mesembriomys Palmer, 1906（啮齿目：鼠科），Pogonomys Milne-Edwards, 1877（啮齿目：鼠科）和 Xeromys Thomas, 1889（啮齿目：鼠科）。这些新物种的描述将来自澳大利亚特有啮齿动物的刺吸虱物种数量从 13 种增加到 21 种，并将刺吸虱的记录扩展到澳大利亚所有 14 种特有啮齿动物属。我们的研究结果表明，刺吸虱在澳大利亚的啮齿动物中比以前已知的更加多样化。此外，澳大利亚的刺吸虱物种具有宿主特异性-除了 Hoplopleura irritans Kuhn 和 Ludwig, 1967（Psocodea：Phthiraptera：Hoplopleuridae）和 Hoplopleura melomydis Weaver, 2017（Psocodea：Phthiraptera：Hoplopleuridae）外，每种刺吸虱物种都寄生在单一的宿主物种上，后两者发现于两种宿主物种上。本研究还包括了一份更新的澳大利亚 Hoplopleura 物种二歧式检索表。
