Mar 19 2014 Friday Night Lice – week 1 answer! Male specimen. PSUC_FEM 10005423-2. Zoom the original image here. Today’s mystery louse was Latagophthirus rauschi, a species described by Kim & Emerson, in 1974 (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae). Its host is Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777) (Carnivora: Mustelidae), the North American River Otter. River otter in Randolph County, North Carolina, USA. Photographed by e_monk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
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