On Siphonaptera collected in Algeria

Mise à jour taxonomique et répartition des puces du genreCtenophthalmusKolenati 1856 en région paléarctique occidentale (Insecta : Siphonaptera : Ctenophthalmidae)

“…A titre accidentel, ou parce qu'elle est moins fréquente, l'autre crocidure plus ou moins sympatrique, la musaraigne des jardins C. suaveolens, est parasitée (mais non, semble-t-il, la musaraigne leucode C. leucodon), de même que divers Murinae (Mus spretus surtout et rarement Apodemus sylvaticus). Aucun campagnol ne l'a encore livré Jordan & Rothschild (1912). notent dans la description de Ctenophthalmus russulae « Most of the specimens were found on Crocidura russula, and a few on Mus algirus, Apodemus sylvaticus and Gerbillus campestris.…”

Three new species of fleas belonging to the genus Macrostylophora from the three‐striped ground squirrel, Lariscus insignis, in Java

“…Traub et al (1983) stated, 'Macrostylophora .....may be a heterogeneous group,' and Li & Traub (1998) created the sub-genus Songshupsylla for (Chinese) taxa lacking a 'style.' In our opinion, and that of Jordan (1939), although the 'style/stylophore' character could perhaps be useful for placing males in a dichotomous key, the 'hastata' and 'euteles' groups are artificial, as is Songshupsylla, and they describe a particular morphological character of interest but apparently without phylogenetic value.…”

“…With respect to other geographical regions, additional species with some morphological affinities with M. larisci include the 'non-stylate' species M. euteles (Jordan & Rothschild, 1911), M. cuii Liu, Wu & Yu, 1964and M. abazhouensis Liu, Liu & Zhai, 1981, and the 'stylate' species M. bispiniforma bispiniforma Li, Hsieh & Yang, 1976, all taxa known only from China (Liu et al, 1986). This clearly shows, in our opinion, the lack of phylogenetic value of the criteria 'stylate' versus 'non-stylate' species, especially since no morphological characters of females allow them to be placed in either group in the absence of accompanying males (Jordan, 1939). Moreover, certain species have extremely reduced 'styles' as noted by Li & Traub (1998); the last species described from this 'group' was M. durdeni Beaucournu & Wells, 2009 from Sabah (Borneo).…”

“…M. hastata malayensis Traub, 1950 Distribution: Malaysia (West Malaysia) Host: Callosciurus erythraeus (Sciuridae), 'tree squirrel nest' M. hastata menghaiensis Li, Wang & Hsieh, 1964 ( synonym: M. hastata yunnanica Liu, 1965 Traub, 1950 Distribution: Nepal Host: Callosciurus sp. (Sciuridae) M. hastata sikkimensis (Jordan & Rothschild, 1922) Distribution: Sikkim Host: Callosciurus pygerythrus (Sciuridae) M. hebeiensis hebeiensis Liu, Wu & Chiang, 1979 Distribution: China (Hebei Province) Host: Trogopterus xanthipes (Sciuridae) M. hebeiensis shennongjjiaensis Liu & Ma, 1999 Distribution: China (Hebei Province) Host: Trogopterus xanthipes (Sciuridae) M. heinrichi Jordan, 1939 Distribution: Jordan, 1939 Distribution: Myanmar Host: Probably Callosciurus erythraeus (Sciuridae) - Traub et al (1983) listed the host as 'probably Callosciurus griseimanus' which is treated as a subspecies of C. erythraeus by Thorington & Hoffmann (2005). M. microcopa Li, Chen & Wei, 1974 Distribution: China (Sichuan Province) Hosts: Tamiops swinhoei (Sciuridae), Apodemus agrarius (Pallas, 1771) (Muridae), Apodemus sylvaticus (Muridae) M. muyuensis Liu & Wang, 1994 Distribution: China (Hebei & Guizhou Provinces) Host: Sciurotamias davidianus (Sciuridae) M. nandanensis Li, Zeng & Zeng, 1987 Distribution: China (Guangxi Province) Hosts: Petaurista petaurista (Sciuridae), 'squirrel' (Sciuridae), Sorex sp.…”

“…(Sciuridae) -presumably Callosciurus sp. M. uncinalis Jordan, 1939 Distribution: Myanmar Hosts: Callosciurus pygerythrus (Sciuridae), Rattus sp. (Muridae) M. wilsoni Durden & Beaucournu (present paper) Distribution: Indonesia (Java) Host: Lariscus insignis (F. Cuvier, 1821) (Sciuridae) in Macrostylophora debilitata suggest to us that it represents a new sub-genus.…”