Ectinorus

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Ectinorus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Rhopalopsyllidae
Genus: Ectinorus
Jordan, 1942
Type species
Pulex cocyti [1]
Rothschild, 1904

Ectinorus is a genus of fleas in the family Rhopalopsyllidae (marsupial fleas), erected by Karl Jordan in 1942. [1] [2] It is endemic to South America, specifically the Andes and surrounding regions, especially Chile. [3] The genus includes species that are parasitic to rodents [4] and are a vector for the bubonic plague. [3] At least one species within Ectinorus is viable at altitudes above 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Jordan, Karl (1942). "On Parapsyllus and some closely related genera of Siphonaptera". Eos: Revista Española de Entomología. 18 (1): 7–29 [11]. hdl: 10261/148031 .
  2. ↑ Hastriter, Michael W.; Bossard, Robert L. (2024-02-21). "Ectinorus Jordan, 1942". In Hastriter, Michael W. (ed.). The Catalogue of Life Partnership: Robert E. Lewis World Species Flea (Siphonaptera) List. ChecklistBank. doi:10.48580/dfvll-48fy.
  3. 1 2 Beaucournu, Jean-Claude; Belaz, Sorya; Muñoz-Léal, Sebastián; González-Acuña, Daniel (2013). "A new flea, Ectinorus (Ectinorus) insignis n. sp. (Siphonaptera, Rhopalopsyllidae, Parapsyllinae), with notes on the subgenus Ectinorus in Chile and comments on unciform sclerotization in the superfamily Malacopsylloidea". Parasite. 20: 35. doi:10.1051/parasite/2013033. ISSN   1776-1042. PMC   3796371 . PMID   24125080.
  4. ↑ López-Berrizbeitia, M. Fernanda; Pérez, M. Julieta; Barquez, Rubén M. (2020-11-01). "Description of two new species of Ectinorus (Ectinorus) (Siphonaptera, Rhopalopsyllidae) from Argentina, including a morphometric approach" . Acta Tropica. 211: 105612. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105612. ISSN   0001-706X. PMID   32621934.
  5. ↑ Hastriter, Michael; Sage, Richard (2011-08-18). "Description of a new species of Ectinorus (E. spiculatus) (Siphonaptera, Rhopalopsyllidae) from Argentina and a review of the subgenus Ichyonus Smit, 1987". ZooKeys (124): 1–18. Bibcode:2011ZooK..124....1H. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.124.1688 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   3175116 . PMID   21998530.


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