New Flea , San Luis Obispo County, California

Three Heermann's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys heermanni LeConte 1853) from San Luis Obispo County, California, were examined for ectoparasites. Two species of fleas were found, Meringis cummingi (C. Fox 1926) and Hoplopsyllus anomalus (Baker 1904). While M. cummingi has been reported frequently fro...

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Published inWestern North American naturalist Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 364 - 365
Main Authors Clark, Howard O., Jr, Pigage, Helen K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Western North American Naturalist 01.11.2014
Subjects
Discovery and exploration
Fleas
Health aspects
Heermann's kangaroo rat
United States
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Summary:Three Heermann's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys heermanni LeConte 1853) from San Luis Obispo County, California, were examined for ectoparasites. Two species of fleas were found, Meringis cummingi (C. Fox 1926) and Hoplopsyllus anomalus (Baker 1904). While M. cummingi has been reported frequently from this host (Dorman 1969, Eads et al. 1987), occurrence of H. anomalus on D. heermanni has not been reported before and represents a new host record.
ISSN:1527-0904
1944-8341