Epitedia wenmanni, Rothschild, 1904

Morrone, Juan J. & Acosta, Roxana, 2006, A synopsis of the fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) parasitizing New World species of Soricidae (Mammalia: Insectivora), Zootaxa 1354, pp. 1-30 : 18

E. wenmanni ( Rothschild, 1904)

Ctenophthalmus wenmanni Rothschild, 1904: 642 . Neopsylla wenmanni ; Rothschild, 1915a: 30. Neopsylla testor Rothschild, 1915b: 34 .

Neopsylla similis Chapin, 1919: 50 .

Epitedia wenmanni ; I. Fox, 1940: 96.

Epitedia testor ; I. Fox, 1940a: 99.

Neopsylla wenmanni testor ; Hopkins, 1954: 217. Epitedia wenmanni wenmanni ; Hopkins, 1954: 217.

Distribution. Canada, USA, and Mexico.

Hosts. Blarina brevicauda , Cryptotis parva , Sorex cinereus , and S. fumeus . Other hosts. Carnivora : Mustela erminea , M. frenata , and Mustela sp. Insectivora ( Talpidae ): Condylura cristata and Parascalops breweri . Rodentia : Clethrionomys gapperi , C. g. proteus, Dipodomys ordii , Glaucomys volans, Lemmiscus curtatus, Microtus chrotorrhinus , M. mexicanus subsimus , M. ochrogaster , M. pennsylvanicus , M. p. minor , Microtus sp., Mus musculus, Napaeozapus insignis, Neotoma cinerea , N. floridana , N. f. osagensis, Onychomys leucogaster , Peromyscus difficilis , P. leucopus , P. l. noveboracensis , P. maniculatus , P. m. gambeli , P. melanotis , Peromyscus sp., Rattus sp., Spermophilus r. richardsoni , Tamiasciurus douglasii , T. hudsonicus , and Thomomys talpoides quadratus ( Jellison et al., 1942; Holland, 1949; Rapp Jr. & Gates, 1957; Wilson, 1957; Hopkins & Rothschild, 1962; Whitaker, 1974; Benton & Kelly, 1975; Benton, 1980; Owen, 1984; Morales & Llorente, 1986; Ayala­Barajas et al., 1988; Durden & Wilson, 1991; Whitaker, 2004).