Neohaematopinus sciuri Jancke, 1932    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Psocodea   >   Family Polyplacidae   >   Genus Neohaematopinus   

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In North America, the Eastern Gray Squirrel is the only known host of N. sciuri; in Europe this same species parasitizes Sciuris vulgaris, the Eurasian Red Squirrel (Dave Webb, pers. comm.).

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A female Neohaematopinus sciuri found on a dead Eastern Gray Squirrel in Harford Co., Maryland (12/29/2017). Determined by Lance. A. Durden/GSU. This individual represents a new family for MBP. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)


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