An update on the distribution and nomenclature of fleas (Order Siphonaptera) of bats (Order Chiroptera) and rodents (Order Rodentia) from La Rioja Province, Argentina
Author
Berrizbeitia, M. Fernanda Lopez
PIDBA (Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina) - PCMA (Programa de Conservacion de los Murcielagos de Argentina), CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Miguel Lillo 205, (4000) Tucuman, Argentina & Fundacion Miguel Lillo
mflopezberri@hotmail.com
Author
Sanchez, R. Tatiana
PIDBA (Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina) - PCMA (Programa de Conservacion de los Murcielagos de Argentina), CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Miguel Lillo 205, (4000) Tucuman, Argentina & Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologica (CRILAR- CONICET)
Author
Barquez, Ruben M.
PIDBA (Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina) - PCMA (Programa de Conservacion de los Murcielagos de Argentina), CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Miguel Lillo 205, (4000) Tucuman, Argentina
Author
Diaz, M. Monica
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-6461
PIDBA (Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina) - PCMA (Programa de Conservacion de los Murcielagos de Argentina), CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Miguel Lillo 205, (4000) Tucuman, Argentina & Fundacion Miguel Lillo
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2017-06-07
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.678.12006
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.678.12006
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Hectopsylla (Hectopsylla) gracilis Mahnert
Distribution in Argentina.
Chubut, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza,
Neuquen
,
Rio
Negro, and Salta (
Lopez
Berrizbeitia et al. 2013
;
Lareschi et al. 2016
).
Material examined.
Arauco Department
: (3)
2 km
S
Rio
de La Punta
on provincial road 7 (
28°45'28.8"S
;
66°47'09.3"W
),
996 m
,
G. chacoensis
,
1.IX.2014
, RTS (75),
1 ♂
CMLA (600).
Castro Barros Department
: (7)
Anillaco
, behind cemetery (
28°48'49.04"S
,
66°56'0.75"W
),
1365 m
Eligmodontia moreni
(Thomas),
10.IX.2014
, RTS (77),
2 ♀
CMLA (601, 602); (8)
800 m
E
Anillaco
(
28°48.572' S
;
66°55.193' W
),
780 m
,
Andalgalomys olrogi
Williams
and
Mares
,
17.IV.2012
,CML (9747),
4 ♀
CMLA
(594, 595, 596, 597);
G. chacoensis
,
17.IV.2012
, CML (9748),
1 ♀
CMLA (593);
Eligmodontia
typus
F. Cuvier
,
18.IV.2012
, CML (9751),
2 ♀
CMLA (598, 599) (
Lopez
Berrizbeitia et al. 2013
)
.
Remarks.
This species can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by the following characters: in males, the median lobe of distal portion of sternum IX is enlarged with a concavity at the ventral margin, the apical margin of process of clasper is straight; in females the hilla is much narrower than width of bulga, the duct of spermatheca is connecting at cribriform area of bulga on ventral apical margin and the base of metatarsal claw do not present a sinus (see Hastriter and Mendez 2000).
Hectopsylla (Hectopsylla) gracilis
infesting
E. moreni
constitutes a new flea-host association; this result was expected since
H.
(
H
)
gracilis
has been collected on
Eligmodontia hirtipes
and
E. typus
(
Lareschi et al. 2016
). All localities correspond to the Monte Desert of Mountains and Isolated Valleys eco-region.