Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes

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Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Ctenophthalmidae
Genus: Ctenophthalmus
Species:
C. pseudagyrtes
Binomial name
Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
Baker, 1904 [1]
Subspecies [2]
  • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes micropus Traub, 1950 [3]
  • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes pseudagyrtesBaker, 1904

Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes is a species of fleas in the family Hystrichopsyllidae. It is widespread in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, and is found mainly on small mammals. [4] In Missouri, it has been recorded on the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus), raccoon (Procyon lotor), eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), Florida woodrat (Neotoma floridana), prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum), white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), including nests, marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), house mouse (Mus musculus), and brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). [5] Hosts recorded in Tennessee include the Virginia opossum, northern short-tailed shrew, eastern mole, eastern chipmunk, southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi), rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus), woodland vole, white-footed mouse, golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli), hispid cotton rat, marsh rice rat, and house mouse. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Baker, C. F. (1904). A Revision of American Siphonaptera, Or Fleas, Together with a Complete List and Bibliography of the Group. United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. ↑ "Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904". Insecta.pro: international entomological community. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Traub, Robert (1947). Siphonaptera from Central America and Mexico a Morphological Study of the Aedeagus, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species (Thesis). OCLC   1895690 . Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Durden and Kollars, 1997, p. 15
  5. ↑ Kollars et al., 1997, p. 129
  6. ↑ Durden and Kollars, 1997, p. 16

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