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Echinophthirius Giebel, 1871

Echinophthirius horridus (von Olfers, 1816)

Emilie Bess and Kevin P. Johnson
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Containing group: Echinophthiriidae

Host Associations

The hosts of Echinophthrius horridus:

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Harp seals (Phoca groenlandica), host of E. horridus. Painting © 2003 Jon B. Hlidberg. Photograph  © Reuters File Photo.

Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), host of E. horridus © 2003 Jon B. Hlidberg

Other Names for Echinophthirius horridus (von Olfers, 1816)

References

Durden, L. A. and G. G. Musser. 1994. The mammalian hosts of the sucking lice (Anoplura) of the world: a host-parasite list. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology 19: 130-168.

Price, M. A. and O. H. Graham. 1997. Chewing and sucking lice as parasites of mammals and birds. US Department of Agriculture Technical Service Bulletin No. 1849, 309 pp.

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Echinophthirius horridus
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage adult
Copyright © British Museum of Natural History, London
Scientific Name Echinophthirius horridus
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Copyright © The Pacific Coast Entomological Society, San Francisco
Scientific Name Echinophthirius horridus
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By V. S. Smith
Life Cycle Stage nymph, 2nd stage
Copyright © British Museum of Natural History, London
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Emilie Bess
Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA

Kevin P. Johnson
Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA

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Bess, Emilie and Kevin P. Johnson. 2006. Echinophthirius Giebel, 1871. Echinophthirius horridus (von Olfers, 1816). Version 12 October 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Echinophthirius_horridus/69300/2006.10.12 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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