Siphonaptera from mammals in Alaska. Supplement III. Western Alaska

Nineteen taxa of mammal fleas were recorded from 93 collections from western Alaska. Oropsylla alaskensis (Baker) and O. arctomys (Baker) are additions to this series of reports. The other 17 taxa were recorded from 71 new localities; 46 records were from remote localities. Many range extensions res...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Authors: Haas, Glenn E., Wilson, Nixon, Zarnke, Randall L., Barrett, Richard E., Rumfelt, Tim
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Bering Sea
wolverine
Yukon river
Alaska
Yukon
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z82-102
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z82-102
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Summary:Nineteen taxa of mammal fleas were recorded from 93 collections from western Alaska. Oropsylla alaskensis (Baker) and O. arctomys (Baker) are additions to this series of reports. The other 17 taxa were recorded from 71 new localities; 46 records were from remote localities. Many range extensions resulted and noteworthy were Ctenocephalides f. felis (Bouché) north to Fairbanks, Corrodopsylla c. curvata (Rothschild) west to the Bering Sea coast, Megabothris abantis (Rothschild) northwest to the lower Yukon River Valley, and Chaetopsylla tuberculaticeps (Bezzi) north of the Arctic Circle. Six hosts were not in our previous records: masked shrew, woodchuck, meadow vole, collared lemming, black bear, and wolverine. In all, 14 species of wild mammals, domestic dog and cat, and man were recorded hosts. Records from bat roosts were included.

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