Xiphiopsylla hyparetes (lat.) Is a flea species from the Xiphiopsyllidae family. East Africa [1] : Kenya , Congo , Tanzania . Among the hosts, mice of the following genera and species were noted : Lophuromys zena [2] , Crocidura and Lophuromys flavopuncta [3] , Rhinolophus hilderbrandti [4] and black rat ( Rattus rattus ) [5] .
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The length of females is 4 mm, males - 3 mm [2] . They have teeth on the abdominal 1-4 segments. The 8th tergite of males is well developed, and the 9th tergite of females is completely reduced. Thorax and abdomen are covered with uniform thickened setae [6] [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Family Xiphiopsyllidae - ZIN RAS
- ↑ 1 2 K. Jordan & NW Rothschild . (1913). Siphonaptera collected by Mr. Robin Kemp in tropical Africa. - Novitates Zoologicae Tring 20: 528-581 (1913)
- ↑ Lewis RE (1974). Notes on the Geographical Distribution and Host Preferences in the Order Siphonaptera. Part 4. Coptopsyllidae, Pygiopsyllidae, Stephanocircidae and Xiphiopsyllidae // J. Med. Entomol. 1974. Vol.11, N 4. P.403-413.
- ↑ Fleas of the World
- ↑ Xiphiopsylla hippia - Globalspecies.org (English) (Retrieved July 28, 2012)
- ↑ Taxonomy of Siphonaptera - ZIN RAS
- ↑ Lewis, Robert E. (1998). Résumé of the Siphonaptera (Insecta) of the World Archived on August 8, 2014. . - Journal of Medical Entomology , Volume 35, Number 4, July 1998, pp. 377—389 (13)
Literature
- Lewis RE (1974). Notes on the Geographical Distribution and Host Preferences in the Order Siphonaptera. Part 4. Coptopsyllidae, Pygiopsyllidae, Stephanocircidae and Xiphiopsyllidae // J. Med. Entomol. 1974. Vol.11, N 4. P.403-413.
- Hopkins GHE, Rothschild M. (1956). "An Illustrated Catalog of the Rothschild Collection of Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Natural History): Coptopsyllidae, Vermipsyllidae, Stephanocircidae, Ischnopsyllidae, Hypsophthalmidae, and Xiphiopsyllidae." - London: University Press, Cambridge, 1956. Vol. 2. XI + 445 p. +32 Pls.
Links
- Xiphiopsylla hyparetes - Encyclopedia of Life (English) (Retrieved July 28, 2012)
- Xiphiopsylla hyparetes - Catalogueoflife.org (English) (Retrieved July 28, 2012)
- Xiphiopsylla hyparetes - Globalspecies.org (English) (Retrieved July 28, 2012)