A new flea of the genus Ctenidiosomus (Siphonaptera, Pygiopsyllidae) from Salta Province, Argentina

Authors: Lopez Berrizbeitia, M. Fernanda Countries: Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.512.9713 Published: Jan. 1, 2015 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Ctenidiosomus · Topics: Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Vector-borne infectious diseases

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A new species of flea of the genus Ctenidiosomus Jordan, 1931 (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae) is described from Phyllotis osilae J. A. Allen, 1901, from Salta Province, Argentina. This is the first time that Ctenidiosomus has been recorded in Argentina. A key to species of males of Ctenidiosomus is presented.

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