Polyplax serrata (Burmeister) —house mouse louse

Ex Mus musculus (house mouse): 1N, TN, Blount Co., Elkmont, 6 Jul. 1937, R.D.V.

The house mouse louse has a cosmopolitan distribution as an ectoparasite of M. musculus . Polyplax serrata is a mechanical vector for the bacterium, Eperythrozoon coccoides (Berkenkamp & Wescott 1988) .