Arthropods infesting small mammals (Insectivora and Rodentia) near Cedar Point Biological Station in southwestern Nebraska
Howell, Lindsey
Jelden, Katelyn
Rácz, Elizabeth
Gardner, Scott L.
Gettinger, Donald
Insecta Mundi
2016
2016-04-15
2016
478
1
16
3YQM7
(Baker)
Baker
1904
[192,539,705,730]
Insecta
Ceratophyllidae
Megabothris
Animalia
Siphonaptera
7
6
Arthropoda
species
asio
Typehost: Megascops asio(Linnaeus, 1758)from NorfolkCo., Massachusetts. Deposition, host records, and locality: HWML101658, M. ochrogaster/Station Grounds 2012; HWML101811, 101812, 101813, and 101817, M. ochrogaster/Station Grounds 2013.
Remarks:This is a common flea of the meadow vole, M. pennsylvanicus, in eastern North America. Although this flea has been reported from M. ochrogasterin Illinois( Verts 1961), this is not a common association, so these are important new records. Wilson (1961), collecting from M. pennsylvanicus, makes it clear that M. asiois a nest flea, rarely found in high numbers on the body of the host. Megabothris asiowas the only flea collected from voles.