Epitedia cavernicola Traub

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 41

Epitedia cavernicola Traub

Ex Neotoma magister (Allegheny woodrat) nest: 5M, 7F, TN, Blount Co., the Sinks, 17 Oct. 1949, D. W. Pfitzer (Pfitzer 1950, Benton 1980, Durden & Kollars 1997).

This nidicolous (nest­associated) flea is a parasite of woodrats in the eastern U.S. and is typically collected during the cooler months (Durden & Kollars 1997, Durden et al. 1997b).