Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904
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Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes is not host specific and is found on many species of rodents and insectivores. It occurs widely throughout Maryland (Eckerlin, 2011).

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Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Ctenophthalmidae
Genus: Ctenophthalmus
Species:
C. pseudagyrtes
Binomial name
Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
Baker, 1904[1]
Subspecies[3]
  • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes micropus Traub, 1950[2]
  • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904

Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes is a species of fleas in the family Hystrichopsyllidae. It is widespread in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, and is found mainly on small mammals.[4] In Missouri, it has been recorded on the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus), raccoon (Procyon lotor), eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), Florida woodrat (Neotoma floridana), prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum), white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), including nests, marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), house mouse (Mus musculus), and brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).[5] Hosts recorded in Tennessee include the Virginia opossum, northern short-tailed shrew, eastern mole, eastern chipmunk, southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi), rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus), woodland vole, white-footed mouse, golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli), hispid cotton rat, marsh rice rat, and house mouse.[6]

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  1. ^ Baker, C. F. (1904). A Revision of American Siphonaptera, Or Fleas, Together with a Complete List and Bibliography of the Group. United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ Traub, Robert (1947). Siphonaptera from Central America and Mexico a Morphological Study of the Aedeagus, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species (Thesis). OCLC 1895690. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904". Insecta.pro: international entomological community. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ Durden and Kollars, 1997, p. 15
  5. ^ Kollars et al., 1997, p. 129
  6. ^ Durden and Kollars, 1997, p. 16

Literature cited

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  • Durden, L.A. and Kollars, T.M., Jr. 1997. The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Tennessee. Journal of Vector Ecology 22(1):13–22.
  • Kollars, T.M., Jr., Durden, L.A. and Oliver, J.H., Jr. 1997. Fleas and lice parasitizing mammals in Missouri. Journal of Vector Ecology 22(2):125–132.


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