Siphonaptera of New England
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Between April 1957 and April 1958 fleas of both mammals and birds vrere collected in New England by the author. In addition to these collections specimens of fleas from the 1956-1957 Rhode Island State Mammal Survey were studied. These two sources of material resulted in descriptions of the following eighteen species of fleas:
Cediopsylla simplex
Hoplopsyllus lynx
Ctenocephalides canis
Ctenocephalides felis
Saphiopsylla bishopi
Stenoponia americana
Epitedia wenmanni
Ctenonhthalmus pseudagyrtes
Doratopsylla blarinae
Oropsylla arctomys
Odontopsyllus multispinosus
Orchopeas leucopus
Orchopeas howardi
Ceratophyllus gallinae
Megabothris asio
Mononsyllus vison
Nosopsyllus fasciatus
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys
Photographs of both sexes of each species plus camera lucida drawings of the heads and genitalia of each flea are included in the descriptions. Fourteen new host records for New England are cited as follows:
Ctenocephalides felis on Procvon lotor
Sauhiopsylla bishopi on Microtus pennsyvanicus
Stenoponia americana on Clethrionomys gapperi
Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes on Clethrionomys gapperi
Ctenouhthalmus pseudagyrtes on Pitymys pinetorum
Ctenophthalmus nseudagyrtes on Sylvilagus floridanus
Doratopsylla blarinae on Rattus norvegicus
Orchopeas leucopus on Rattus norvegicus
Orchopeas leucopus on Tamias striatus
Orchoneas howardi on Urocyon cinereoargentus
Ceratophyllus gallinae on Turdus migratorius
Ceratonhyllus gallinae on Passer domesticus
Ceratonhyllus gallinae on Colaptes auratus
Monopsyllus vison on Mustela vison
In addition to these new host records one flea, Saphiopsylla bishopi, is recorded for the first time from New England.
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