Stenoponia americana ( Baker )

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 : 42

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243911
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scientific name	Stenoponia americana ( Baker )
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Treatment

Stenoponia americana ( Baker) View in CoL

Ex Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse): 1M, TN, Sevier Co., Greenbrier, 18 Apr. 1931, R. L. Boke ( Fox 1940, Benton 1980, Durden & Kollars 1997); GSMNP ( Linzey & Linzey 1968, Durden & Kollars 1997).

This large Nearctic flea parasitizes small mammals, especially Peromyscus and Microtus spp., east of the Great Plains ( Lewis 1974).

References

Benton, A. H. (1980) An atlas of the fleas of the eastern United States. Marginal Media,

Fox, I. (1940) Fleas of eastern United States. Iowa State College Press, Ames, 191 pp.

Lewis, R. E. (1974) Notes on the geographical distribution and host preferences in the order Siphonaptera. Part 3. Hystrichopsyllidae. Journal of Medical Entomology, 11, 147 - 167.

Linzey, D. W. & Linzey, A. V. (1968) Mammals of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 84, 384 - 414.