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Principal hosts of this flea are mice in the genus Peromyscus, but many other mammals are known hosts between Canada and Mexico (Eckerlin, 2011).
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| Epitedia wenmanni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Suborder: | Hystrichopsyllomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Hystrichopsylloidea |
| Family: | Ctenophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Epitedia |
| Species: | E. wenmanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Epitedia wenmanni (Rothschild)
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Epitedia wenmanni is a species of flea in the family Hystrichopsyllidae. It is common throughout North America and associated mainly with Peromyscus (deermice), although many other hosts have been recorded.[1] In Missouri, it has been found on the cat (Felis silvestris), white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), including nests, marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), and western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis).[2] Hosts recorded in Tennessee include the northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi), white-footed mouse, and golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli).[1]
References
[edit]Literature cited
[edit]- 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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