Polyplax spinulosa
Polyplax spinulosa is a sucking louse from the genus Polyplax. It occurs worldwide and commonly infects its type host, the brown rat, and related species like the black rat, Rattus pyctoris, Rattus nitidus, Rattus argentiventer, Rattus tanezumi, Rattus exulans, and Bandicota indica. It is also occasionally found in other rodents, such as the marsh rice rat in North America.
Literature cited
- Durden, L.A. 1988. . The Journal of Parasitology 74:900–901.
- Durden, L.A. and Musser, G.G. 1994. . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 218:1–90.
Category:Insects of North America
Category:Insects [described in 1839]