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Table 1 Collections of sucking lice from murine rodent specimens in seven museums across Australia

From: Rapid host expansion of an introduced parasite, the spiny rat louse Polyplax spinulosa (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Polyplacidae), among endemic rodents in Australia

Rodent species (n = 54)

No. of rodents sampled (n = 989)

Rodents with sucking lice

Rodents with Polyplax lice

No. of all sucking lice collected

No. of Polyplax spinulosa collected

QM

MV

AM

WAM

SA

NT

QVM

Adults

Nymphs

Adults

Nymphs

Conilurus penicillatus

4

7

11

6

24

50

Hydromys chrysogaster

6

5

3

24

11

Leggadina forresti

20

25

16

1

37

104

1

Leggadina lakedownensis

13

10

13

7

44

26

Leporillus conditor

1

3

1

3

29

16

Mastacomys fuscus

2

2

74

30

Melomys burtoni

1

5

4

9

7

Melomys capensis

3

20

13

Melomys cervinipes

25

22

121

Mesembriomys gouldi

3

6

3

30

34

Mesembriomys macrurus

1

12

4

3

3

1

11

7

1

Notomys alexis

29

7

8

11

7

Notomys aquilo

1

6

Notomys cervinus

6

4

10

5

32

18

Notomys fuscus

21

11

8

13

16

Notomys longicaudatusa

22

1

6

6

6

Notomys mitchelli

20

13

7

6

16

22

Pseudomys albocinereus

30

3

18

39

Pseudomys apodemoides

19

10

26

7

Pseudomys australis

27

14

36

11

Pseudomys bolami

11

3

13

1

Pseudomys calabyi

9

18

1

1

Pseudomys chapmani

20

2

2

1

2

Pseudomys delicatulus

28

14

9

16

12

Pseudomys desertor

5

4

20

35

Pseudomys fieldi

20

3

Pseudomys gracilicaudatus

13

5

7

11

28

Pseudomys hermannsburgensis

2

9

6

29

7

Pseudomys higginsi

6

4

4

7

Pseudomys laborifex

14

25

4

5

6

Pseudomys nanus

12

5

66

32

Pseudomys novaehollandiae

5

19

4

8

17

6

Pseudomys occidentalis

14

3

1

119

29

47

15

Pseudomys patrius

19

1

1

Pseudomys shortridgei

11

4

Uromys caudimaculatus

3

Uromys hadrourus

1

1

2

4

Xeromys myoides

14

1

3

2

3

Zyzomys argurus

9

3

9

5

Zyzomys maini

3

Zyzomys palatalis

9

3

12

15

Zyzomys pedunculatus

11

1

4

3

7

Zyzomys woodwardi

11

2

1

1

Rattus colletti

9

13

7

1

38

79

1

Rattus fuscipes

37

2

21

6

75

28

53

20

Rattus leucopus

27

6

5

16

23

51

Rattus lutreolus

8

5

7

12

4

52

23

12

13

Rattus sordidus

15

6

18

10

52

15

24

9

Rattus tunneyi

24

3

27

15

99

60

39

23

Rattus villosissimus

27

27

17

826

109

706

45

Rattus rattusb

2

7

5

5

35

73

35

73

Mus musculusb

1

6

1

1

Rattus exulansb

1

0

Rattus norvegicusb

3

0

Total

299

177

91

182

77

141

22

337

60

2111

1064

919

198

  1. aExtinct species
  2. bIntroduced species to Australia
  3. Abbreviations: QM, Queensland Museum; MV, Museums Victoria; AM, Australian Museum; WAM, Western Australian Museum; NTM, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory; QVM, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery; SA, South Australian Museum
  4. Note: “–” indicates no specimens were checked or collected