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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.678.12006

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:97643FD0-1232-4ABA-A230-241B112331C7

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24B96E4-3BE2-EEAA-655E-E77C6679D641

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scientific name

Tiamastus palpalis (Rothschild)
status

 

Tiamastus palpalis (Rothschild) Fig. 2e, f View Figure 2

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) GoogleMaps .

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.