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Description of a new species of sucking louse Hoplopleura kuhnludwigi (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the Cape York rat Rattus leucopus cooktownensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in Australia using conventional methodology and novel epiflourescence microscopy
Parasitology International, Vol.106, pp.1-18
2025
PMID: 39608566
Abstract
A new species of sucking louse, Hoplopleura kuhnludwigi (Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae), from the Cape York rat Rattus leucopus cooktownensis Tate, 1951 (Rodentia: Muridae) is described and illustrated with photos and drawings. The host rat(s) were trapped in Northeast Queensland, Australia and identified using morphological characters and DNA sequencing. Hoplopleura kuhnludwigi is the first louse species to be described on R. leucopus. The morphology of the new louse species is contrasted with the morphology of Hoplopleura spp. previously described in Australian murids and shown to be different from other louse species that infest Australian native murids. Both conventional lice processing and staining methodology and a novel method, based on auto- fluorescence of chitin, have been used to describe and illustrate the diagnostic characters of H. kuhnludwigi. Processing of H. kuhnludwigi for epifluorescence microscopy (EM) is fast and easy, and the examination of the lice processed by this method can improve the accuracy of the description and identification of the lice species from genus Hoplopleura and potentially other louse species.
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- Title
- Description of a new species of sucking louse Hoplopleura kuhnludwigi (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the Cape York rat Rattus leucopus cooktownensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in Australia using conventional methodology and novel epiflourescence microscopy
- Authors
- Constantin Constantinoiu (Corresponding Author) - James Cook UniversityWei Wang - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for BioinnovationCadhla Firth - James Cook UniversityRichard Duffy - James Cook UniversityJaqueline Picard - James Cook UniversityBruce Gummow - University of Pretoria
- Publication details
- Parasitology International, Vol.106, pp.1-18
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.parint.2024.103002
- ISSN
- 1873-0329; 1383-5769
- PMID
- 39608566
- Copyright note
- © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- holotype ♂ and paratype ♀: Queensland Museum
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991091095602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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