Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch) —chicken body louse

Ex sticky trap below Gallus gallus (domestic chicken) roost: NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee, Frontier Farm, 11 Jun. 2003, W. K. Reeves.

This louse is distributed almost globally on chickens (Emerson 1956, Durden 2002) but this is the first record from the Park.