[Two new species of fleas from Chile and Argentina(Insecta-Siphonaptera: Stephanocircidae and Rhopalopsyllidae) and raising of a new sub-genus of Plocopsylla Jordan, 1931]

J C Beaucournu; M H Gallardo; K Ménier

doi:10.1051/parasite/2004113249

[Two new species of fleas from Chile and Argentina(Insecta-Siphonaptera: Stephanocircidae and Rhopalopsyllidae) and raising of a new sub-genus of Plocopsylla Jordan, 1931]

Parasite. 2004 Sep;11(3):249-52. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2004113249.

[Article in French]

Authors

J C Beaucournu¹, M H Gallardo, K Ménier

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de parasitologie, Faculté de médecine, Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, F-35043 Rennes cedex, France. jbeaucou@univ-rennes1.fr

PMID: 15490747
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2004113249

Abstract

A new subgenus of Plocopsylla is raised, Schrammapsylla Beaucournu and Ménier from the entire group B of Schramm & Lewis, 1988 and two new fleas from Chile and Argentina are described: Plocopsylla (S.) muruai n. sp. Beaucournu and Gallardo and Ectinorus (E.) mimacydis n. sp. Beaucournu and Gallardo. These two taxa are only known by the male sex.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Animals
Argentina
Chile
Male
Phylogeny
Siphonaptera / anatomy & histology*
Siphonaptera / classification*