New Species and an Annotated World List of the Sucking Louse GenusNeohaematopinus (Anoplura: Polyplacidae)

摘要

A new species of sucking louse, Neohaematopinus sundasciuri, collected from thetree squirrel, Sundasciurus juvencus, is described from Palawan Island, Philippines. An updated world list of the genus Neohaematopinus is presented; this documents descriptive citations, known hosts, and geographical distributions with interpretive annotations for each of the 32 species now included in the genus. The geographical distributions of Neohaematopinus sciuri and N. sciurinus are discussed. Neohaematopinus has a wider host range and is known to parasitize numerous species of squirrels (Callosciurini, Petauristini, Sciurini, Tamiasciurini) and a few species of wood rats. Neohaematopinus occurs almost exclusively in the Holarctic and Oriental regions, although a few deviations from this geographical distribution are known.