Published December 31, 2006 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Nearctopsylla hygini Rothschild 1904, stat. rev.

Description

N. hygini (Rothschild, 1904), stat. rev.

Ctenopsyllus hygini Rothschild, 1904: 650.

Nearctopsylla hygini; Rothschild, 1915c: 307. Nearctopsylla genalis hygini; Holland, 1949:104.

Distribution. Canada and USA.

Hosts. Blarina brevicauda, Sorex a. arcticus, S. monticolus, and Sorex sp. Other hosts. Carnivora: Mustela erminea, M. e. richardsoni, M. frenata, and Mustela sp. Insectivora (Talpidae): Condylura cristata and Scalopus aquaticus (Holland, 1949; Hopkins & Rothschild, 1962; Benton, 1980).

Other

Published as part of Morrone, Juan J. & Acosta, Roxana, 2006, A synopsis of the fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) parasitizing New World species of Soricidae (Mammalia: Insectivora), pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1354 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273605

Files

Files (989 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:b384aa1a18b4f412692ff49f8c8b527a
989 Bytes Download

System files (10.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:87bfb1e36733a966a8ad418d5f30f0b7
10.5 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Hystrichopsyllidae
Genus
Nearctopsylla
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Siphonaptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rothschild
Species
hygini
Taxonomic status
stat. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nearctopsylla hygini (Rothschild, 1904) sec. Morrone & Acosta, 2006

References

  • Rothschild, N. C. (1904) Further contributions to the knowledge of the Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae, 11, 602 - 653.
  • Rothschild, N. C. (1915 c) Contribution to our knowledge of the Siphonaptera Fracticipita, Novitates Zoologicae, 22, 302 - 308.
  • Holland, G. P. (1949) The Siphonaptera of Canada. Canadian Department of Agriculture Publication 817, Technical Bulletin, 70, 1 - 306.
  • Hopkins G. H. E. & Rothschild, M. (1962) An illustrated catalogue of the Rothschild Collection of fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Vol. 3. British Museum (Natural History), London, 560 pp.
  • Benton, H. A. (1980) An atlas of the fleas of the eastern United States. Fredonia, New York, 177 pp.