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Polygenis (Polygenis) byturus

Description

Polygenis (Polygenis) byturus (Jordan & Rothschild, 1908)

NHM. Argentina—Córdoba: Las Rosas. Mammalia—Didelphimorphia—Didelphidae— Lutreolina crassicaudata. Bolivia; Argentina—Buenos Aires: Grṻnbein. Córdoba: El Quemado, Las Rosas, Noetinger. Jujuy: El Chaguaral, San Pedro. La Pampa: Santa Rosa. Río Negro: Fortín Uno. Salta: Cerrillos, El Ojito, El Quebrachal, J. V. Gonzalez. San Luis: Zapallar. Santiago del Estero: Las Carpas, Los Robles, Pozo Betbeder. Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Sur. Tucumán: Taco Ralo. Aves—Strigiformes— Athene cunicularia (nest). Mammalia—Didelphimorphia— Didelphidae— Gracilinanus agilis, Lutreolina crassicaudata. Rodentia—Caviidae— Galea musteloides, Microcavia australis. Chinchillidae— Lagostomus maximus. Cricetidae— Akodon spegazzinii, Calomys laucha laucha, Calomys musculinus, Calomys venustus, Graomys griseoflavus, Holochilus vulpinus, Oligoryzomys nigripes, Oxymycterus rufus, Phyllotis sp. Ctenomyidae— Ctenomys mendocinus. Muridae— Mus musculus, Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus. Smit (1987) mentioned Las Rosas, Santa Fe Province, as type locality. However, the coordinates correspond to Córdoba Province.

Notes

Published as part of Lareschi, Marcela, Sanchez, Juliana & Autino, Analía, 2016, A review of the fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) from Argentina, pp. 239-258 in Zootaxa 4103 (3) on page 253, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/262230

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Rhopalopsyllidae
Genus
Polygenis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Siphonaptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
byturus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Smit, F. G. A. M. (1987) An illustrated catalogue of the Rothschild fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Natural History) 7: Malacopsylloidea (Malacopsyllidae and Rhopalopsyllidae). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 380 pp.