Butterflies Recorded on Flattop Mountain, Anchorage, Alaska

Eleven species of butterflies were recorded on Flattop Mountain, Anchorage, Alaska, during a four-day period in July 2006: Colias philodice vitabunda (Clouded Sulphur), Pieris angelika angelika (Arctic White), Lycaena dorcas arcticus (Dorcas Copper), Plebejus glandon bryanti (Arctic Blue), Plebejus idas alaskensis (Northern Blue), Plebejus optilete yukona (Cranberry Blue), Boloria charliclea butleri (Purplish Fritillary), Boloria alaskensis alaskensis (Mountain Fritillary), Speyeria mormonia bischoffii (Mormon Fritillary), Oeneis bore mckinleyensis (White-veined Arctic), and Carterocephalus palaemon skada (Arctic Skipperling). Based on previously published distribution maps, the records for Plebejus idas and P. optilete represent range extensions; P. optilete was relatively common in sheltered valleys on the mountain

Hoplopleura janzeni n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Anoplura), a new sucking louse from a Central American swimming mouse

Both sexes of a new species of sucking louse Hoplopleura janzeni (Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) are described and illustrated from the Central American ichthyomyine swimming mouse Rheomys raptor (Rodentia: Muridae) collected in Costa Rica. The morphology of the new species is compared with that of Hoplopleura exima Johnson, the only other species of sucking louse known to parasitize an ichthyomyine rodent. Hoplopleura janzeni is unique in having posteriorly directed spurs on the first antennal segment, the fore- and midcoxae, and the hind femora of both sexes

Parasitic Acari from Four Oklahoma Vertebrates (Aves, Mammalia), Including New State Records for Mites (Laelapidae, Listrophoridae, Macronyssidae)

Over the last decade, our community collaborative efforts have provided several new records for mites (including chiggers), ticks, lice, and fleas parasitizing Oklahoma vertebrates (McAllister et al. 2013b, c, 2014a, b, 2015; Connior et al. 2015). To that end, we report additional ectoparasite records for a bird and three mammalian hosts from the state

New Distributional Records for Ectoparasites (Acari: Laelapidae, Myocoptidae) of the Woodland Vole, Microtus pinetorum (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Polk County, Arkansas

The woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum is a common Arkansas rodent found statewide. To our knowledge, it has been surveyed only once in the state for ectoparasites. Here, a single specimen was examined and found to be infested with 3 species of mites, including Androlaelaps fahrenholzi, Laelaps alaskensis, and Myocoptes japonensis. This is the first time L. alaskensis and M. japonensis have been reported from Arkansas

New Host and Distributional Records for Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Birds (Aves: Strigiformes; Accipitriformes; Piciformes; Passeriformes) from Southeastern Oklahoma

Between November 2020 and March 2022, 14 individual salvaged birds (11 species) within four orders and nine families from McCurtain County, Oklahoma, were examined for ecto-and endoparasites. Avian orders (families) and host species included: Strigiformes (Strigidae): barred owl (Strix varia) and two great-horned owls (Bubo virginianus); Accipitriformes (Accipitridae): red-tailed hawk, (Buteo jamaicensis); Piciformes (Picidae): red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) and downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens); Passeriformes (Turdidae, Troglodytidae, Mimidae, Parulidae, Paridae, Icteridae): two American robins (Turdus migratorius), Carolina wren (Thryothurus ludovicianus), brown thrasher (Toxotoma rufum), two yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia), tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), and common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). Eighteen parasite taxa were found in the birds examined, including four digenean trematodes, four cestodes, three nematodes, two acanthocephalans, and five lice. We document five new host and 14 new geographic distributional records for the parasites from select birds of the state

New County Record for the Least Shrew, Cryptotis parva, and Notes on an Ectoparasite, Haemogamasus longitarsus

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