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<mods:title>A description of the flea species Paractenopsyllus madagascarensis n. sp. and the female sex of Paractenopsyllus raxworthyi Duchemin &amp; Ratovonjato, 2004 (Siphonaptera, Leptopsyllidae) from Madagascar with a key to the species of Paractenopsyllus</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Hastriter, Michael</mods:namePart>
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Examined.
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G. Grandidier, 1934
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(
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specimens are deposited in the 
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(
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.
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<emphasis box="[185,307,518,544]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="53" reason="1">Diagnosis</emphasis>
of female
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. Female sex (previously unknown) may be distinguished from all other species bearing two lobes on the caudal margin of S-VII and 28 or fewer ctenidia in the pronotal comb by the very broad and rounded lobes of the S-VII (
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). Most similar to 
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Klein, 
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in appearance of the spermatheca (distinctly longer that wide), but the two differ in the shape of the bursa copulatrix and perula. The caudal margin of the bursa copulatrix of 
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is symmetrically curved from base to perula and the sclerotized dorsal portion of perula is elongated (
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).
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.
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(MR-172). 
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Head and pronotum. 
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Seventh sternum and eighth tergum. 
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Spermatheca and bursa copulatrix. Scale 14-15 = 
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of female.
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Unless otherwise stated, the female characters of 
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do not differ from those of 
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(
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). Distance from frontal tubercle to oral angle less than from oral angle to base of first genal spine. 
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Same as 
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. 
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. 
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Sternites III-VI with 4 stout setae in main rows. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[271,641,377,403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">Modified Abdominal Segments</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[655,787,377,404]" captionStart="Figure 14-16" captionStartId="10.[140,212,1622,1644]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,887,1601]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[137,1108,887,1601]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 14-16. Paractenopsyllus raxworthyi, ♀ (MR-172). 14 Head and pronotum. 15 Seventh sternum and eighth tergum. 16 Spermatheca and bursa copulatrix. Scale 14-15 = 200µ, 16 = 100µ" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3814811" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3814811/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">Figs. 15-16</figureCitation>
). Antesensilial bristles 3; lateral and mesal bristles nearly as long as middle bristle. Only 3 setae on mesal surface of T-VIII. Caudal margin of S-VII with broad dorsal lobe subtended by sinus and much larger ventral lobe (length 2× maximum width).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,270,519,545]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" reason="1">Length</emphasis>
(slide mounted specimens): Male: 2.0 mm (n = 1); Female: 
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(n = 1).
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="54" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="11.[140,1108,166,1143]" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,297,554,580]" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis box="[185,292,554,580]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" reason="1">Remarks</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Duchemin &amp; Ratovonjato" authorityYear="2004" box="[308,606,554,580]" class="Insecta" family="Leptopsyllidae" genus="Paractenopsyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonaptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raxworthyi">
<emphasis box="[308,606,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">Paractenopsyllus raxworthyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was known only from two males collected from 
<taxonomicName authority="(Schreber, 1777)" baseAuthorityName="Schreber" baseAuthorityYear="1777" box="[208,599,589,615]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Tenrec" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ecaudatus">
<emphasis box="[208,393,589,615]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">Tenrec ecaudatus</emphasis>
(Schreber, 1777)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authority="G. Grandidier, 1899" authorityName="G. Grandidier" authorityYear="1899" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevicaudata">
<emphasis box="[666,924,589,615]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">Microgale brevicaudata</emphasis>
G. Grandidier, 1899
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from Antisiranana Province (Duchemin and Ratovonjato 2004). Our sole female specimen may prove to belong to another yet undescribed species, but we base our association of this female with that of the male sex of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Duchemin &amp; Ratovonjato" authorityYear="2004" box="[682,827,694,721]" class="Insecta" family="Leptopsyllidae" genus="Paractenopsyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonaptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raxworthyi">
<emphasis box="[682,698,695,720]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[711,827,694,720]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">raxworthyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the following criteria: 1, both specimens were collected in the same season (26 October, 
<specimenCount box="[866,888,730,756]" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
, and 11 November, 3), 2, both collected within the same narrow range of elevation (
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), 3, both collected from the same host species (no other 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="1938" box="[686,858,800,826]" class="Insecta" family="Leptopsyllidae" genus="Paractenopsyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonaptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[686,858,800,826]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">Paractenopsyllus</emphasis>
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species has ever been collected from this host species), and 4, the species is noticeably smaller than all other known species within the genus with the exception of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Duchemin" authorityYear="2004" box="[755,906,870,897]" class="Insecta" family="Leptopsyllidae" genus="Paractenopsyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonaptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="duplantieri">
<emphasis box="[755,771,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[786,906,870,896]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">duplantieri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Duchemin" authorityYear="2004" class="Insecta" family="Leptopsyllidae" genus="Paractenopsyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonaptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="juliamarinus">
<emphasis box="[964,980,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">juliamarinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The length to width ratio of the bulga of the spermatheca of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Duchemin &amp; Ratovonjato" authorityYear="2004" box="[882,1030,906,932]" class="Insecta" family="Leptopsyllidae" genus="Paractenopsyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonaptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raxworthyi">
<emphasis box="[882,898,906,931]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[914,1030,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">raxworthyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the latter two species. Each of our specimens collected from a different specimen of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="G. Grandidier" authorityYear="1934" box="[169,316,976,1003]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="drouhardi">
<emphasis box="[169,195,977,1002]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">M</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[208,316,976,1002]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">drouhardi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
represent a new host record. DNA analysis was completed for the male for another study and is mentioned only for identification purposes. DNA analysis of both the male and female would have alleviated any doubt as to the identity of the female as 
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<emphasis box="[249,265,1082,1107]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[280,396,1082,1108]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">raxworthyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Unfortunately, the female was mounted on a glass slide before the authors realized its herein applied association with that of the 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Duchemin &amp; Ratovonjato" authorityYear="2004" box="[876,1023,1117,1143]" class="Insecta" family="Leptopsyllidae" genus="Paractenopsyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonaptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raxworthyi">
<emphasis box="[876,892,1118,1143]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[907,1023,1117,1143]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="54">raxworthyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
male.
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