Doratopsylla blarinae Fox

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243911
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFE7-FFC3-FF3B-5EEBFE27FBF2
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-04-04 21:03:41, last updated 2024-11-26 07:37:28)
scientific name	Doratopsylla blarinae Fox
status

Treatment

Doratopsylla blarinae Fox View in CoL

Ex Blarina brevicauda (northern shorttailed shrew): 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Goshen Prong, K. Walters, Nov. 2001, L2984.

Ex Ochrotomys nuttalli (golden mouse): TN, Sevier Co., near Cosby, 1964–1966 ( Linzey 1968; Linzey & Linzey 1968, Durden & Kollars 1997).

Host not stated: TN, Sevier Co. ( Benton 1980, Durden & Kollars 1997).

This flea is a relatively hostspecific ectoparasite of Blarina View in CoL spp., shorttailed shrews, in the eastern United States ( Whitaker et al. 1994, Durden & Kollars, 1997). The above record from a golden mouse represents an atypical host.

References

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

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.

Whitaker, J. O. Jr., Hartman, G. D. & Hein, R. (1994) Food and ectoparasites of the southern short-tailed shrew, Blarina carolinensis (Mammalia: Soricidae) from South Carolina. Brimleyana, 21, 97 - 105.