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Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema 1869
Creators
- 1. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 2. Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, Canada
Description
Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, 1869
NEWFOUNDLAND: Pasadena, 15.X.1989, M. Bennett, beaver carcass, (4, MUN); Bay Bulls, IX‒XI.1999, D. Puddister, (1, MUN).
This Holarctic species is listed as occurring in Newfoundland by Peck (1991) (Fig. 12). It is associated with beaver as an ectoparasite through their range in North America and Eurasia (Wood 1965).
Notes
Published as part of Majka, Christopher & Langor, David, 2008, The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography, pp. 357-402 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 394, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.56, http://zenodo.org/record/576397
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.2.56 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576397 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB0FF9BB839FF8FFF7BD476FFAFFFAE (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MUN
- Event date
- 1989-10-15
- Family
- Leiodidae
- Genus
- Platypsyllus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Ritsema
- Species
- castoris
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1989-10-15
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, 1869 sec. Majka & Langor, 2008
References
- Peck SB (1991) Family Leiodidae: small scavenger beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E: 77 - 82.
- Wood DM (1965) Studies of the beetles Leptinillus validus (Horn) and Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema (Coleoptera: Leptinidae) from beaver. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 95: 33 - 63.