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Three new species of fleas belonging to the genus Macrostylophora from the three‐striped ground squirrel, Lariscus insignis , in J ava
Author(s) -
DURDEN L. A.,
BEAUCOURNU J.C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/mve.12059
Subject(s) - biology , flea , subspecies , zoology , enzootic , genus , ground squirrel , host (biology) , ecology , squirrel monkey , virus , virology
Three new species of fleas belonging to the genus Macrostylophora ( S iphonaptera, C eratophyllidae) are described from the three‐striped ground squirrel, Lariscus insignis , from T jibodas, W est J ava ( J awa B arat), I ndonesia at an elevation of 1500 m. Macrostylophora larisci sp. n. is described from three male specimens, Macrostylophora debilitata sp. n. is described from one male and Macrostylophora wilsoni sp. n. is described from one female. Non‐genital morphological characters of the female specimen, including ctenidial spine shapes and lengths, show that it is not the corresponding female for either M. larisci sp. n. or M. debilitata sp. n. It is unusual for three different species of congeneric fleas to parasitize the same host species in the same geographical location. These three new species represent the first known records of Macrostylophora from J ava and they could be enzootic vectors between rodents of flea‐borne zoonotic pathogens such as Rickettsia typhi and Yersinia pestis , both of which are established on J ava. A list is provided of the 43 known species and 12 subspecies of Macrostylophora together with their known geographical distributions and hosts. A map depicting the distributions of known I ndonesian (and B ornean) species of Macrostylophora is also included.