Three new fleas from Sulawesi, Indonesia (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae & Ceratophyllidae)

Parasite

and J.C. Beaucournu¹  L.A. Durden² 

[1]Institut de Parasitologie de l’Ouest, 2, avenue du Prof. Léon-Bernard,35043 Rennes cedex,France

[2]Institute of Arthropodology & Parasitology, Georgia Southern University,Statesboro,Georgia 30460-8056,USA

关键词: Indonesia;    Sulawesi;    Ceratophyllidae;    Pygiopsyllidae;    Siphonaptera;    flea;    Macrostylophora theresae n. sp.;    Medwayella rubrisciurae n. sp.;    Gryphopsylla maxomydis n. sp.;   

Others  :  808691
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2006133215

 received in 2006-05-05, accepted in 2006-06-15,  发布年份 2006

【 摘 要 】

Gryphopsylla maxomydis n. sp. (Pygiopsyllidae), Medwayella rubrisciurae n. sp. (Pygiopsyllidae) and Macrostylophora theresae n. sp. (Ceratophyllidae) are described from endemic rodents in Sulawesi. Gryphopsylla maxomydis was collected from the murids Maxomys musschenbroekii and Paruromys dominator in Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah). However, M. musschenbroekii appears to be the true host of this flea because it has spiny pelage and G. maxomydis shows morphological adaptations for parasitizing spiny hosts including a remarkable “beak-like” structure on the head. This adatation is similar to a beak-like structure on the head of Gryphopsylla hopkinsi (Traub) which parasitizes the spiny murid Maxomys whiteheadi in Borneo (Sabah). Medwayella rubrisciurae was collected from the large tree squirrel Rubrisciurus rubriventer in Central Sulawesi and this represents the first report of this flea genus in Sulawesi. Macrostylophora theresae was recorded from the murids Bunomys fratrorum, P. dominator and Rattus xanthurus in North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara); most other members of this flea genus parasitize squirrels in the Oriental and Palaearctic zoogeographical regions.

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