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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice) » Mallophaga (Chewing Lice) » Ischnocera » Trichodectidae » Tricholipeurus
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Louse found on white-tailed deer - Tricholipeurus
Copyright © 2012 Tim Eisele

Louse found on white-tailed deer - Tricholipeurus
Atlantic Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
October 14, 2012
Size: About 2 mm
Found this louse on a white-tailed deer that my wife shot in the backyard during archery season. Collected it using a "nit comb". Given the host, I think it is a chewing louse in the genus Tricholipeurus.
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Contributed by Tim Eisele on 21 October, 2012 - 4:58am
Last updated 22 October, 2012 - 12:03pm

Moved tentatively based on host data; habitus consistent
Moved from Trichodectidae.
… v belov, 22 October, 2012 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

nice... any chance to see a plain dorsal & plain ventral shots?
… v belov, 21 October, 2012 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Unfortunately no, this was th
Unfortunately no, this was the best picture I got. It tended to scurry and flip itself over.
… Tim Eisele, 22 October, 2012 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

 
so you didn't collect it??
:/
… v belov, 22 October, 2012 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

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