Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
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C. pseudagyrtes
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Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
Baker, 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.[1] 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).[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. Durden and Kollars, 1997, p. 15
  2. Kollars et al., 1997, p. 129
  3. Durden and Kollars, 1997, p. 16

Literature cited

  • Durden, L.A. and Kollars, T.M., Jr. 1997. The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Tennessee. Journal of Vector Ecology 22(1):13–22.
  • Kollars, T.M., Jr., Durden, L.A. and Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1997. Fleas and lice parasitizing mammals in Missouri. Journal of Vector Ecology 22(2):125–132.


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