Siphonaptera from mammals in Alaska. Supplement II. Southeastern Alaska

Authors

  • Glenn E. Haas Flagstaff, AZ
  • Loyal Johnson State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sitka, AK
  • Nixon Wilson Department of Biology University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA

Keywords:

Siphonaptera, fleas

Abstract

Eleven taxa are treated in this first annotated check list of mammal fleas of Alaska east of longitude 141° west. Twelve new records of six taxa are listed including the first record of <i>Myodopsylla gentilis</i> J & R for southeastern Alaska. Associations with 12 species of wild mammals, the Norway rat, dog, and man are listed. The zoogeographic position of southeastern Alaska as a pathway and a destination of two Vancouverian taxa and seven Vancouverian-Cordilleran taxa is related to Alaska west of 141° and to British Columbia. Ranges of <i>Monopsyllus ciliatus protinus</i> (Jordan) and possibly <i>Hystrichopsylla dippiei spinata</i> Holland were extended to Baranof Island by transplants of red squirrels and martens, respectively.

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