Wildlife parasitology is a highly diverse area of research encompassing many fields
including taxonomy, ecology, pathology and epidemiology, and with participants from …

Abstract Background Historical European exploration and colonization resulted in the
introduction of four species of rodents to the Australian continent from Eurasia: the brown rat …

Background The sucking louse fauna of endemic Australian rodents has been under-studied
for decades. Sixty-five species of native rodents have been recorded in Australia. However …

Various factors can affect the parasite distribution on a host. In this study, the influence of
sex, body size, and locality of a rodent host, Oligoryzomys nigripes, on lice abundance was …

The abundance of parasites on a host can be affected by several factors; in this study, we
investigated the influence of sex and body size of the host rodent Oligoryzomys nigripes on …

Based on a comprehensive study of museum specimens, eight new species of sucking lice
of the genus Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae), are …

Three new species of the rodent louse genus Hoplopleura (Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) are
described and illustrated from Australia: H. melomydis new species from Melomys burtoni …

We describe two new species of sucking lice in the genus Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904
(Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) from Australia: Hoplopleura gracilicaudatusa n …

We present the first record of the characteristics of the three nymphal stages of Hoplopleura
edentula, one of the common Eurasian species of the genus Hoplopleura. Lastly, a list of all …

We describe and illustrate a new species of sucking louse, Hoplopleura tunneya new
species, from the Australian pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi Thomas (Rodentia: Muridae) …