L. segnis (Schönherr, 1811)

Pulex segnis Schönherr, 1811: 99 .

Pulex musculi Dugès, 1832: 160 .

Ctenophthalmus talpae Kolenati, 1856: 33 . Ctenophthalmus quadritentatus Kolenati, 1859: 65 . Typhlopsylla musculi; Taschenberg, 1880: 63. Typhlopsylla mexicana Baker, 1896: 85 .

Ctenopsylla musculi; J. Wagner, 1903: 26. Ctenopsyllus mexicanus; Baker, 1904: 427. Ctenophthalmus segnis; Oudemans, 1909: 137. Leptopsylla musculi; Jordan & Rothschild, 1911b: 85. Ctenopsylla segnis; Wagner, 1926: 289.

Leptopsylla segnis; Jordan, 1929: 177.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan (Lewis, 1998).

Hosts. Sorex p. pacificus . Other hosts. Didelphimorphia: Marmosa elegans . Rodentia: Akodon mollis orohillus, Cavia aperea, Mus m. musculus, Peromyscus l. leucopus, Rattus norvegicus, R. r. rattus, R. r. alexandrinus, and Sigmodon hispidus (Hubbard, 1947; Hopkins & Rothschild, 1971; Morales & Llorente, 1986; Ayala­Barajas et al., 1988).