Description de Nosopsyllus (N.) Atsbi n. sp. (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae) d’Éthiopie et révision de l’espèce affine N. (N.) Incisus (Jordan & Rothschild, 1913) ; discussion biogéographique

Parasite

et A. Laudisoit⁴  T. Mergey²  K. Welegerima¹  Y. Meheretu¹  J.-C. Beaucournu³ 

[1] Institute of Integrative Biology, The University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building,Crown Street,Liverpool L69 7ZB,United Kingdom;Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Mycologie et Immunologie Parasitaire, CHRU, 2, rue Henri Le Guilloux,35033 Rennes Cedex,France;Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Zoologie appliquée, Faculté de Médecine et Institut de Parasitologie de l’Ouest, 2, avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard,35043 Rennes Cedex,France;Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171,Antwerpen 2020,Belgique

关键词: biogeography;    East Africa;    Nosopsyllus incisus lewisi n. ssp.;    Nosopsyllus incisus traubi n. ssp.;    Nosopsyllus incisus incisus;    Nosopsyllus atsbi n. sp.;   

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DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2012191031

【 摘 要 】

We describe a new Nosopsyllus s. sto., N. atsbi, from the north of Ethiopia, that shows phyletic similarities with N. incisus (Jordan & Rothschild, 1913), a species from the oriental part of the afrotropical region. This led us to reconsider the classification of the incisus populations based on the unique criteria of telomere’s setation (three robust marginal bristles, instead of the two typically present in members of this genus and subgenus). It appears that N. incisus s. sto. occurs in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Burundi and Tanzania. In the north and south of this region (respectively central Ethiopia, on one hand, Zambia and Malawi, on the other hand), two taxa are morphologically distinct and we erect them here to the rank of subspecies: Nosopsyllus (N.) incisus traubi n. ssp. and N. (N.) incisus lewisi n. ssp. Actually, four taxa are in “incisus complex”, namely: N. atsbi n. sp., N. incisus traubi n. ssp., N. incisus incisus (Jordan & Rothschild, 1913), and N. incisus lewisi n. ssp.

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