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Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus 1758
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Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758
Type depository. NHM (neotype).
Hosts. Carnivora— Canis aureus, Canis familiaris, Felis sylvestris catus (domestic cats), Mustela putorius, Vulpes vulpes; Chiroptera—unknown; Lagomorpha— Lepus europaeus (as capensis); Primates— Homo sapiens; Rodentia— Spermophilus xanthophrymnus (as Citellus citellus).
Distribution in Turkey. Adana (Saimbeyli) (Hopkins & Rothschild 1953); Amasya (Lewis & Lewis 1965); Ankara (Dinçer 1971); Ankara (Keçiören, Kızılcahamam, Nallıhan), Antalya, Elazığ, Eskişehir, Van (Çatak, Gürpınar) (Aktaş & Dinçer 1991); İstanbul (Gülanber et al. 2002); Konya (Uslu et al. 2008).
Notes
Published as part of Keskin, Adem, Hastriter, Michael W. & Beaucournu, Jean-Claude, 2018, Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Turkey: species composition, geographical distribution and host associations, pp. 211-228 in Zootaxa 4420 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1250806
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Siphonaptera
- Family
- Pulicidae
- Genus
- Pulex
- Species
- irritans
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Keskin, Hastriter & Beaucournu, 2018
References
- Hopkins, G. H. E. & Rothschild, M. (1953) An Illustrated Catalogue of the Rothschild Collection of Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Natural History) with Keys and Short Descriptions for the Identification of Families, Genera, Species and Subspecies. Vol. I. Tungidae and Pulicidae. The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 361 pp.
- Lewis, R. E. & Lewis, J. H. (1965) On a small collection of fleas from Turkey (Siphonaptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 67 (4), 247 - 250.
- Dincer, S. (1971) Ankara ve cevresinde kedi (Felis domesticus), kopek (Canis familiaris) ve tilki (Vulpes vulpes) ' lerde bulunan pire (Siphonaptera) ' ler uzerinde sistematik arastirmalar. Ankara Universitesi Veterinerlik Fakultesi Yayinlari, Ankara, 94 pp. [in Turkish]
- Aktas, M. & Dincer, S. (1991) Contributions to the flea fauna of Turkey I. Pulicidae and Vermipsyllidae (Siphonaptera). Journal of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Gazi University, 2, 123 - 127.
- Gulanber, A., Tuzer, E. & Keles, V. (2002) Flea infestations of dogs in Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, 28 (1), 219 - 225.
- Uslu, U., Dik, B. & Gokcen, A. (2008) Ectoparasites of the ground squirrel (Citellus citellus (L. )) in Turkey. Turkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 32 (2), 142 - 145.