Hoplopleura hirsuta
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| Hoplopleura hirsuta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Hoplopleuridae |
| Genus: | Hoplopleura |
| Species: | H. hirsuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplopleura hirsuta Ferris, 1916 | |
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.[1]