Haematopinus suis
Pig Louse
Southern Group: Present Makatea: | ||||||||
RR |
MG |
AT |
MK |
MT |
AK |
PL |
TK |
MN |
++ |
P |
Northern Group: | |||||
TN |
MH |
RK |
PK |
NS |
SW |
Haematopinus suis
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Phthiraptera; Anoplura; HAEMATOPINIDAE, Haematopininae
SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Louse on pigs.. Comments: The only louse on pigs.
GENERAL NOTE: Well known to the old Hawaiian as ‘Uku-pua‘a. Introduced by the ancient Polynesians although there are no specimens known from the Polyneisan Pig.
Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens+photo, from pig, Oct/2001, Maja Poeschko, ID Maja as Haematopinus suis. Mangaia: one specimen, 1981 C.C.Clerk PhD Thesis p.304 (The Animal World of the Mangaians) ID British Museum as Hematopinus suis.
References:
None recorded.
Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB03b, zM04a
McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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