Siphonaptera from mammals in Alaska. Supplement III. Western Alaska

• 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

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.