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Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes

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Species of flea

Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Ctenophthalmidae
Genus: Ctenophthalmus
Species: C. pseudagyrtes
Binomial name
Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
Baker, 1904
Subspecies
  • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes micropus Traub, 1950
  • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904

Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes is a species of fleas in the family Hystrichopsyllidae. It is widespread in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, and is found mainly on small mammals. In Missouri, it has been recorded on the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus), raccoon (Procyon lotor), eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), Florida woodrat (Neotoma floridana), prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum), white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), including nests, marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), house mouse (Mus musculus), and brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). Hosts recorded in Tennessee include the Virginia opossum, northern short-tailed shrew, eastern mole, eastern chipmunk, southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi), rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus), woodland vole, white-footed mouse, golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli), hispid cotton rat, marsh rice rat, and house mouse.

References

  1. Baker, C. F. (1904). A Revision of American Siphonaptera, Or Fleas, Together with a Complete List and Bibliography of the Group. United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. Traub, Robert (1947). Siphonaptera from Central America and Mexico a Morphological Study of the Aedeagus, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species (Thesis). OCLC 1895690. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. "Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904". Insecta.pro: international entomological community. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. Durden and Kollars, 1997, p. 15
  5. Kollars et al., 1997, p. 129
  6. Durden and Kollars, 1997, p. 16

Literature cited

  • Durden, L.A. and Kollars, T.M., Jr. 1997. The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Tennessee. Journal of Vector Ecology 22(1):13–22.
  • Kollars, T.M., Jr., Durden, L.A. and Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1997. Fleas and lice parasitizing mammals in Missouri. Journal of Vector Ecology 22(2):125–132.
Taxon identifiers
Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes


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