Aphropsylla Jordan , 1932

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Aphropsylla Jordan, 1932

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Type species. Aphropsylla conversus Jordan. Novitates Zoologicae, 1932:292-293.

Aphropsylla species were originally placed in the genus Ctenocephalus Kolenati (now Ctenocephalides Stiles and Collins ) until Jordan (1932) noted the generic distinction in the two genera by the position of the genal comb relative to the oral angle of the frons. Only three species of Aphropsylla occur in a limited region of east Africa ( Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda).

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

Figures 10-13. 10-11. Eighth tergite and anal stylet. 10. Aphropsylla truncata n. sp., allotype ♀. 11. Aphropsylla conversa, “neallotype” = allotype? ♀. 12-13. Spermatheca. 12. Aphropsylla truncata n. sp., paratype ♀. 13. Aphropsylla conversa, “neallotype” = allotype? ♀. Scale 10, 12-13 = 100 µm, 11 = 200 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