Peromyscopsylla hamifer (Rothschild)

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 : 43

Peromyscopsylla hamifer (Rothschild)

Ex Myodes gapperi (southern red­backed vole): 1M, TN, Sevier Co., Chimney Tops Trail, 13 May 2002, K. Walters, L­2995.

Ex pitfall trap: 1M, TN, Sevier Co., Brushy Mountain, 27 Mar.–11 Apr. 2002, Parker, Stocks Petersen; 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Twin Creeks, 24 Oct.–6 Nov. 2000, Parker, Stocks, Petersen.

Our records of this northern vole­associated flea represent the southern most collection and are both a new Tennessee and new Park record (Benton 1980, Durden & Kollars 1997). While P. hamifer is primarily a northern flea, the collection at Twin Creeks was from a low elevation of approximately 724 m.