A description of four new species of fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) from Angola, Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, and Peru
Author
Hastriter, Michael
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 290 MLBM, P. O. Box 20200, Provo, UT 84606, U. S. A., Provo, United States of America
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ZooKeys
2009
2009-04-28
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journal article
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Aphropsylla
Jordan
, 1932
(
Figs. 1-18
)
Type
species.
Aphropsylla conversus
Jordan
. Novitates Zoologicae, 1932:292-293.
Aphropsylla
species were originally placed in the genus
Ctenocephalus
Kolenati
(now
Ctenocephalides
Stiles and Collins
) until
Jordan
(1932)
noted the generic distinction in the two genera by the position of the genal comb relative to the oral angle of the frons. Only three species of
Aphropsylla
occur in a limited region of east Africa (
Ethiopia
,
Kenya
, and
Uganda
).