Haemodipsus leporis Blagoveshtchensky, 1966 (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Polyplacidae) on a Hare (Lepus europaeus, L.). New Record for Turkish Phthiraptera fauna

Abstract

This study was carried out to detect lice species found on hares (L. europaeus, L.) in the Konya province. Several lice individuals were collected on a hare and were kept in 70% alcohol. Then, they were cleaned in 10% KOH for 24 hours, washed in distilled water, stored in 70%, 80%, 90% and 96% alcohol for 24 hours for each step. They were mounted on the slides in Canada balsam and examined under a binocular light microscope. Two of the species were identified as Haemodipsus leporis Blagoveshtchensky, 1966, while the others were H. lyriocephalus (Burmeister, 1839). H. leporis was found on L. europaeus for the first time in Turkey, and it was also detected on this host species for the first time throughout the world. The morphological characteristics of this species are given in this paper.