Stachiella mustelae (Schrunk)

Ex Mustela nivalis (least weasel): NC, Jackson Co., Balsam Gap, 24 Jul. 1959, A. L. Atchison.

This louse is host­specific to the least weasel (Price et al. 2003). Balsam Gap is adjacent to the GSMNP on the Blue Ridge Parkway.