New Flea (Siphonaptera) Record For Heermann's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys heermanni), San Luis Obispo County, California | Zendy

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New Flea (Siphonaptera) Record For Heermann's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys heermanni), San Luis Obispo County, California

Author(s) -

Howard O. Clark,

Helen K. Pigage

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

western north american naturalist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.303

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1527-0904

pISSN - 1944-8341

DOI - 10.3398/064.074.0311

Subject(s) - flea , biology , zoology , host (biology) , geography , ecology

. 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.

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