ZooKeys (Jul 2015)

A new flea of the genus Ctenidiosomus (Siphonaptera, Pygiopsyllidae) from Salta Province, Argentina

  • M. Fernanda Lopez-Berrizbeitia,
  • Michael W. Hastriter,
  • Ruben Marcos Barquez,
  • M. Monica Diaz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.512.9713
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 512
pp. 109 – 120

Abstract

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A new species of flea of the genus Ctenidiosomus Jordan, 1931 (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae) is described from Phyllotis osilae J. A. Allen, 1901, from Salta Province, Argentina. This is the first time that Ctenidiosomus has been recorded in Argentina. A key to species of males of Ctenidiosomus is presented.