Revision of the Non-Combed Eyed Siphonaptera

Abstract

The importance of certain species of fleas in relation to the epidemiology of plague has been so amply demonstrated (see Journal of Hygiene, vols. vi. 1906, p. 426 and vii. 1907, p. 395) that an explanation appears scareely necessary for our publishing a paper dealing with a revision of the non-pectinated eyed Siphonaptera. With the demonstration that fleas are capable of transmitting plague, their study at once ceased to be the mere hobby of a small group of entomological specialists. An accurate knowledge of fleas, both with regard to their structure and biology, is at present a matter of prime importance to those who concern htemselves with the prophylaxis of plague.

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

“…nobilis (Rothschild 1898) fut à tort redécrit sous le nom de C. agyrtes celticus par Jordan & Rothschild (1922), d'où le « secteur-celticus » de Peus (1950). Trois sous-espèces sont connues : C. n. nobilis est présente essentiellement dans la moitié est des îles britanniques, y inclus curieusement, l'est de l'Irlande ; en France, elle se rencontre dans le sud-est, le Massif central, et est notée d'une station dans le département de la Manche ; en Suisse, elle est limitée au canton de Vaud (Fig.…”

New data on the morphology of Polygenis (Polygenis) rimatus (Jordan) (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae)

“…However, most of the Argentinean males fit figures and descriptions given by Jordan & Rothschild (1908) on the basis of a specimen collected from Paraguay, which constitutes the first description of the male sex of P. (P.) rimatus. They are similar to figures and descriptions from Paraguay and Argentina presented by Jordan & Rothschild (1923).…”

“…Subsequently, it was transferred by Jordan & Rothschild (1908) to Rhopalopsyllus bohlsi based on female specimens collected from Paraguay and Argentina, as well as from only one male (holotype) from Paraguay. Afterwards, Jordan (1932) recognized that specimens previously thought to be R. bohlsi were new species, which he described as Rhopalopsyllus rimatus.…”

Polygenis (Polygenis) platensis (Jordan & Rothschild) (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae, Rhopalopsyllinae), a new record in Brazil

“…Some members of the subgenus Polygenis are implicated in the maintenance of sylvatic plague among rodents (Holdenried 1952, Pollitzer 1954, Karimi et al 1974 and some species to act as parasite vectors for allantonematids (Linardi et al 1981), hymenolepedes and trypanosomatids (Botelho & Linardi 1992). Jordan & Rothschild (1908) described P. platensis from a single female collected on Ctenomys sp. from La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.…”