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Haematopinus oliveri

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(Redirected from Pygmy hog-sucking louse) Species of louse

Haematopinus oliveri
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Haematopinidae
Genus: Haematopinus
Species: H. oliveri
Binomial name
Haematopinus oliveri
Mishra & Singh, 1978

Haematopinus oliveri, known commonly as the pygmy hog-sucking louse, is a critically endangered species of insect in the suborder Anoplura, the sucking lice. It is an ectoparasite found only on another critically endangered species, the pygmy hog (Porcula salvania). It is endemic to India and can now only be found in parts of north-western Assam.

References

  1. ^ Gerlach, J. (2014). "Haematopinus oliveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T9621A21423551. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T9621A21423551.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Critically Endangered Animal Species of India. http://www.moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/critically_endangered_booklet.pdf
Taxon identifiers
Haematopinus oliveri


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