Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, 1869

Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 357-402 : 394

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.2.56

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793369

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038987E3-B81C-FFAA-FFF7-D1EFFE70F926

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Plazi

scientific name

Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, 1869
status

 

Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, 1869 View in CoL

NEWFOUNDLAND: Pasadena, 15.X.1989, M. Bennett, beaver carcass, (4, MUN) ; Bay Bulls, IX‒XI.1999, D. Puddister, (1, MUN) .

This Holarctic species is listed as occurring in Newfoundland by Peck (1991) (Fig. 12). It is associated with beaver as an ectoparasite through their range in North America and Eurasia ( Wood 1965).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

SubFamily

Platypsyllinae

Genus

Platypsyllus

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