Tiamastus palpalis (Rothschild)

Berrizbeitia, M. Fernanda Lopez, Sanchez, R. Tatiana, Barquez, Ruben M. & Diaz, M. Monica, 2017, An update on the distribution and nomenclature of fleas (Order Siphonaptera) of bats (Order Chiroptera) and rodents (Order Rodentia) from La Rioja Province, Argentina, ZooKeys 678, pp. 139-154 : 140

Tiamastus palpalis (Rothschild) Fig. 2e, f

Distribution in Argentina.

Catamarca, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán ( Lareschi et al. 2016).

Material examined.

San Blas Department : (1) 700 m E of National Route 40 (28°24'17.4"S, 67°04'48.4"W), 1123 m, Ctenomys sp., 29.II.2016, RTS (300), 1 ♀ CMLA (631). Castro Barros Department: (5) Anillaco, 500 m W of plaza de Anillaco (28°48'40.30"S, 66°55'55.55"W), 500 m, Ctenomys sp., IX.2015, released, ♂ CMLA (629), 5 ♀ CMLA (630, 632, 633, 634, 635) .

Remarks.

This species can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by the following characters: apical half of telomere narrowing to a sharp apex in males; in females, the posterior margin of sternum VII with a narrow sinus and spermatheca with bulga as long as hilla ( Smit 1987). These are the first records of the species for La Rioja Province. The localities correspond to the Monte Desert of Mountains and Isolated Valleys eco-region.

Figures

Figure 2. Species of fleas representing the first record for La Rioja Province, Argentina. a Craneopsylla minerva, ♀ CMLA (608) (Stephanocircidae b Polygenis (Polygenis) acodontis, ♂ CMLA (674) (Rhopalopsyllidae) c Delostichus talis, ♀ CMLA (616) (Rhopalopsyllidae) d Delostichus talis, ♂ CMLA (619) (Rhopalopsyllidae) e Tiamastus palpalis, ♀ CMLA (631) (Rhopalopsyllidae) f Tiamastus palpalis, ♂ CMLA (629) (Rhopalopsyllidae). Scale = 500 um.