First flea (Siphonaptera) records for Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Central Alaska

Authors

  • Glenn E Haas Dr. Glenn Haas died during the publication of this work. Glenn was a long-time supporter of the Society and made major contributions to the knowledge of western North American Siphonaptera. He will be missed.
  • James R Kucera Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • S O MacDonald Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
  • Joseph A Cook Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States

Keywords:

fleas, Siphonaptera, mammal hosts, Alaska

Abstract

Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge (KNWR) was established in 1980 in Central Alaska. Collections of mammal fleas began in 1991. Six species resulted: Catallagia dacenkoi Ioff, Corrodopsylla curvata (Rothschild), Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes Baker, Megabothris calcarifer (Wagner), Amalaraeus dissimilis (Jordan) and Peromyscopsylla ostsibirica (Scalon). Ten species of fleas were previously recorded from the upper Koyukuk River watershed. One female specimen each of C. curvata and Ct. pseudagyrtes from the KNWR are the only new fleas added to the upper watershed list.

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