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Flea NEWS 56 Department of Entomology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 50, June, 1995; No flea NEWS 56 Department of Entomology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 50, June, 1995; No. 51, December, 1995; No. 52, June, 1996, No. 53, December, Table of Contents 1996; No. 54, June, 1997, 55, January, 1998 and this number. Literature..............................662 Mailing List Changes .............668 ❊❄❊❄❊❄❊ Miscellanea...........................660 MISCELLANEA Flea News (Online) has now been FLEA NEWS is a biannual newsletter assigned the following International devoted to matters involving insects Standard Serial Number: ISSN 1089- belonging to the order Siphonaptera (fleas) 7631 and related subjects. It is compiled and distributed free of charge by Robert E. Lewis ❖❏❖❏❖❏❖ <[email protected]> in cooperation with the Department of Entomology at Iowa State Dr. Glen Chilton of the Department University, Ames, IA, and a grant in aid of Biology, St. Mary's College, Calg- from Wellmark International. ary, Alberta, T2S 2N5, Canada, rec- Flea News is mainly bibliographic in nature. Many of the sources are abstracting ently called my attention to the Birds journals and title pages and not all citations of North America accounts published have been checked for completeness or jointly by the American Ornithol- accuracy. Additional information will be ogists' Union and the Academy of provided upon written or e-mail request. Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. To Further, recipients are urged to contribute date 320 accounts have been publish- items of interest to the professon for ed and the following titles include inclusion herein. information on fleas: This newsletter is now available in 7. Northern Mockingbird electronic format. The preferred method of 11. Tree Swallow accessing the electronic version is through the 12. House Sparrow WorldWide Web at the following Universal 14. Violet-green Swallow Resource Locator: <http://www.public. iastate.edu/~entomology/FleaNews/AboutFle 15. Blue Grouse aNews.html> or through either Gopher or 42. Northern Saw-whet Owl anonymous FTP: <gopher.ent.iastate.edu> in 48. European Starling the "Publications" directory. Electronic 50. Cassin's Auklet versions are available for No. 46, July, 59. Glaucous-winged Gull 1993; No. 47, December, 1993; No. 48, 61. Burrowing Owl July, 1994; No. 49, December, 1994; No. 64. Harris' Sparrow AUGUST 1998 660 114. Gyrfalcon munication from Dr. Liu Jun, No. 2 124. Herring Gull Shi Xi Road, Huhhot, 010031, China 137. Neotropical Cormorant containing an English abstract of 142. Veery "The Plague of Inner Mongolia" by 149. Cliff Swallow Liu Jiyou and other authors. The 157. Crested Myna book contains sections dealing with 176. Bobolink The Epidemiology and Natural Foci of 182. Northern Waterthrush Plague; Bacteriology and Serology of 183. White-crowned Sparrow Plague; Hosts and Vectors; and the 184. Red-winged Blackbird History of and Future Prospects for 228. Florida Scrub-jay Plague Control. This publication is 230. Le Conte's Thrasher available from Dr. Liu at the address 257. Manx Shearwater given above. Its price, including 268. Black Phoebe postage, is $50.00 American. 282. Pelagic Cormorant 286. Sky Lark ❋❃❋❃❋❃❋ 287. Purple Martin 288. Chestnut-collared Longspur Also released in December of 1997 316. Northern Wheatear were volumes 11A, B and C (Insecta) More information on this series is of the series "Microscopic Anatomy of available from the Academy of Nat- Invertebrates" edited by F.W. Harri- ural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Frank- son and published by John Wiley & lin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103- Sons, Inc. These volumes contain 1195 scattered references to fleas where appropriate, are sold only as a set, ❋❒❋❒❋❒❋ and cost $675.00 American. Consid- ering that the volumes are so cur- Those of you familiar with the literat- rent, consist of 1520 pages and cover ure on the Siphonaptera are likely almost every imaginable aspect of aware of the only major treatment of insect anatomy, the price may not be the Siphonaptera of South America to as outrageous as it first appears. be published in English. I am refer- ing to "A classification of the Siphon- ❊▲❊▲❊▲❊ aptera of South America" by Dr. Phyllis Truth Johnson, as Memoir While on the subject of publications, Number 5 of the Entomological Soc- the 1997 winter issue of the Amer- iety of Washington (1957). Dr. John- ican Entomologist, 43(4): 227-245), son recently wrote that she has a contains an interesting article ent- number of copies of this monograph itled "Historical Natural History: that she is willing to give to interested Insects and the Civil War" by Gary L. parties on a first come, first serve Miller. It includes sections on Flies, basis. She may be reached at 4721 'Gallinippers' (mosquitoes), Lice, East Harbor Drive, Friday Harbor, Bees and Wasps and Food-infesting WA 98250 insects, as well as fleas, and the following excerpts are reprinted from ❉❆❉❆❉❆❉ the flea section with permission from the Entomological Society of America. Shortly after sending out Flea News 55 last January I received a com- "The fact that microbes caused "An even more imaginative more deaths than hostile fire is well comrade contended, known to the student of the American A great alarm was heard in the upper part of Civil War. However, much overlook- the regiment; hastening to the spot I enquired ed is the insect role in the transmis- what was the matter. A man was asleep in sion of disease-causing organisms. his tent and a couple of fleas had taken holt Maladies such as dysentary and mal- on him and carried him half way to the river aria have an important or critical intending drownding [him] while asleep for he had sworn vengence against them (Wiley, component and accounted for trem- 1994)... endous suffering during the war. "As with lice, fleas also became Surrounded by insects such as flies, integrated into soldiering activities. lice, and fleas, both Union and Conf- The lowley flea even found its way ederate soldiers often found them- into a stanza of A. Pender's Goober selves battling more than each other. Peas: This account reveals the influence of I think my song has lasted almost insects on soldiering during the Civil long enough, War... The subject's interesting, but the "Overcrowding and poor rhymes are mighty rough, sanitation during the war provided I wish this war was over, when free excellent conditions for rodent from rags and fleas, populations and their fleas. In We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts addition, camp mascots (e.g. dogs and gobble goober peas!" and cats) and humans could harbor their own infestations. Some soldiers ❊▲❊▲❊▲❊ were besieged by fleas. In 1862, a Mississippian returning from SIPHONAPTERA LITERATURE furlough complained of being preferred for flea attack. 'They hav Since the Traub Memorial issue of the most Eate me up since I came Back Journal of Medical Entomology was due her,' he related. 'I was fresh to them some time in July, I decided to wait with this issue until I could include the papers in it so they pitched in' (Wiley, 1994). dealing with fleas. The issue is very well "The abundance of fleas in done and much credit goes to Cluff Hopla some camps resulted in some and Lance Durden who co-edited this amazing stories, and one Confederate number of the Journal. believed fleas could provide additional Although it may not be obvious from entertainment. 'I think there are 50 the titles, citations included here pertain to on my person at this time,' he wrote fleas and the zoonoses associated with them. to his wife, 'but you know they never No particular effort has been made to search did trouble me.' He then added, 'May the medical and veterinary literature and the I have thought of you often while emphasis here is on the taxonomy, mashing fleas; if you were here you systematics and general biology of the order. could have your own sport' (Wiley, 1994 (List 8) 1994). Another Rebel said, 'they [fleas] collect in companies at knight Anonymous. B.E.N.H.S. Indoor Meeting fall for the purpos of carrying us off... - 11 January 1994. British Journal of though like the Yankees they are Entomology and Natural History 7(3): 102- repulsed by desperate efforts & great 109. (Orchopeas howardi reported from patience' (Wiley, 1994). S.E. London.) FLEA NEWS 662 1995 (List 6 aptera: Ceratophyllidae) in the Czech Rep- ublic. Erica (Plzen) 4: 95-101. Suntsov, V.V., Ly Thi Vi Huong & N. I. Suntsova. The role of wild small Saxena, V.K. & T. Verghese. Ecology animals in the plague foci if Vietnam. Zool- of flea-transmitted zoonotic infection in ogicheskii Zhurnal 74(9): 119-127. Mamla, Breed District. Current Science 71(10): 800-802. 1996 (List 5) TIAN J.-e. The horizontal pattern of flea Aytug, N.M., A. Kirkpinar, A Isimer communities in a natural focus of plague in & A. Aydin. Determination and compari- Jianchuan. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 11(3): son of serum zinc values in healthy dogs and 53-57 dogs with skin lesions. Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi Uludag Üniversitesi 15(1/2/3): 197- TIAN J.-e. The seasonal pattern of the flea 202. community in a natural plague focus in Jian- chuan. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 11(3): 58- Darskaya, N.F., T.V. Krylova & 62. D.A. Surkova. The annual cycle of repro- duction and development in the flea Amalar- WANG G.-l & CAI L.-y. Zoogeo- aeus penicilliger. Ret Info 4(2): 7-9. graphical distribution of new species and subspecies of fleas in Qinghai Province. FAN W.-m., WANG Y.-f. & QIAO Endemic Diseases Bulletin 11(4): 44-45. J.-x. Catalogue of animals and fleas in Henan County, Huangnan Prefecture of WANG L., JIN L.-x. & QI Z.-z. Qinghai Province. Endemic Diseases Bull- Checklist of arthropods naturally infected etin 11(3): 76-79. with Yersinia pestis in each natural focus of plague in China.
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