Aphropsylla wollastoni Rothschild

Hastriter, Michael, 2009, A description of four new species of fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) from Angola, Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, and Peru, ZooKeys 8 (8), pp. 39-61 : 48

Aphropsylla wollastoni Rothschild

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Ctenocephalus wollastoni Rothschild. 1908. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 44:76-79 . Aphropsylla wollastoni Jordan. 1932:292-293 ; Hopkins. 1947:152; Hopkins and Roth- schild. 1953:133; Cheetham. 1988: 102; Beaucournu. 2004:190.

Material Examined. Lectotype and paralectotype ♁♁, Uganda: Mubuku Valley [̴ 0°21’N, 30°02’E], E. side of Rwenzori [Range], 1830 m elev., ex. “a mouse”, 10 III 1906, A.F.R. Wollaston (BMNH) .

Remarks. Rothschild (1908) described A. wollastoni from three males from the Rwenzori, Uganda. Th e female is not described and additional records, other than the type series, have never been reported. Th e host of this flea remains to be determined. Future collections might well be directed from bird nests of finches (family Fringillidae ) at or near the type locality.

Figures

Figures 1-4. 1-2. Aphropsylla truncata n. sp. 1. Head, holotype ♁. 2. Head, paratype ♀. 3. Aprhopsylla conversa, head, holotype ♁. 4. Aphropsylla wollastoni, head, lectotype ♁. Scale = 200 µm

Figures 5-9. 5-7. Aprhopsylla truncata n. sp. 5. Th orax and abdomen, paratype ♁ (B-74177). 6. Sternum eight, paratype ♁ (B-74129). 7. Process of ninth tergite (P1), paratype ♁ (B-74177), lower arrow = P2, upper arrow = P3. 8. Aphropsylla conversa, process of ninth tergite (P1), holotype ♁. 9. Aphropsylla wollastoni, process of ninth tergite (P1), lectotype ♁. Scale 5-6 = 200 µm, 7-9 = 100 µm

Figure 14-18. 14-16. Aphropsylla truncata n. sp. 14. Aedeagus, paratype ♁ (B-74177). 15. Hind femur and tibia, allotype ♀. 16. Hind tarsi, holotype ♁. 17. Aphropsylla conversa, hind tarsi, holotype ♁. 18. Aphropsylla wollastoni, hind tarsi, lectotype ♁. Scale 14 = 100 µm, 15-18 = 200 µm