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Issue: Vol. 4103 No. 3: 13 Apr. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.3.3
Page range: 239–258
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A review of the fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) from Argentina

Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, CEPAVE (CCT La Plata-CONICET-UNLP), Bv. 120 s/n e/ 60 y 64, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP.
Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires—CITNOBA (CONICET-UNNOBA), Ruta Provincial 32 Km 3,5, 2700 Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, San Miguel de Tucumán (4000), Tucumán
Siphonaptera fleas review Argentina

Abstract

The Order Siphonaptera comprises cosmopolitan haematophagous ectoparasites of birds and mammals. More than ten years have past since the last list of species known for Argentina. Herein we provide a review of the fleas from the country, which includes an updated list, host species and geographical distribution for each taxa, as well as some comments. We report 127 species and subspecies belonging to eleven different families; 42 of these species are endemic. Four genera (Adoratopsylla, Cleopsylla, Ctenidiosomus, and Nonnapsylla) and six species and subspecies (Adoratopsylla (Adoratopsylla) antiquorum antiquorum, Agastopsylla pearsoni, Polygenis (Polygenis) roberti beebei, Plocopsylla (Plocopsylla) silewi, Plocopsylla (Plocopsylla) wilesi and Tunga terasma) are added to the list for Argentina. Nine species new to science are included, described on the bases of specimens collected from Argentina (Ctenidiosomus austrinus, Ectinorus (Ectinorus) lareschiae, Ectinorus (Ectinorus) spiculatus, Ectinorus (Ectinorus) morenoi, Hectopsylla narium, Plocopsylla (Plocopsylla) linardii, Neotyphloceras crackensis, Neotyphloceras pardinasii and Tunga perforans). Information provided herein contributes to the knowledge of the fleas from Argentina, necessary to a better understanding of their role as parasites themselves and vectors of zoonotic importance.

 

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