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- Many common species of sucking lice, particularly rodent parasites, lack complete taxonomic descriptions, especially for their nymph stages.
- In Europe, only two out of five prevalent louse species have fully described taxonomic characteristics.
- This study provides the first description of the nymphal stages of a specific louse species collected from Eurasian harvest mice, enhancing the understanding of these parasites.
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Background: Despite the widespread belief that an extensive body of knowledge exists for the sucking lice (Anoplura), some of their common, Eurasian or even cosmopolitan species still lack complete taxonomic descriptions, especially those for their nymphal stages. This applies especially to the most common rodent parasites: the lice of the genus . In Europe, only two of the five most common species have full taxonomic characteristics with a description of the nymphal stages. This study enriches the current state of knowledge for another species, and presents the first description of its nymphal stages.The study includes five rare louse specimens (two nymphs I, one nymph II, two nymphs III) of collected from 63 Eurasian harvest mice . The collected lice were fixed and preserved in 70% ethyl alcohol solution and then placed in polyvinyl-lactophenol to form total preparations.
New Information: Only two of the five species found in Eurasia (, , , and ) have been given full taxonomic descriptions, including immature stages. This paper presents a description of the nymphal stages of (described for the first time).
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