flea NEWS 52 Department of Entomology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 outFleaNews.html> or through eith-er Gopher or anonymous FTP: Table of Contents JULY 1996 596 and bibliographic information pert- need of revision. One of the major aining to fleas and related matters on a families, the Ceratophyll-idae, has worldwide basis. In addition, in never been treated on a worldwide conjunction with his assistant he also basis except by Traub et al. (1983) and sent out A list of code numbers of Lewis (1990), neither of which went species and subspecies of Siphonapt-era beyond a superficial list-ing of the (1978a) and A catalogue of prim-ary extant taxa. Smit's key in Traub et al. type-specimens of Siphonaptera in the laid the basis for a taxon-omic revision British Museum (Natural History) of the family, but there are still many (1978b) which were distribut-ed as undescribed genera and species appendices to the newsletter. Since belonging to this family. Until these Smit's retirement in 1980, Flea News become a part of the liter-ature a has been continued, in some-what taxonomic revision of this im-portant modified form, from the Entom-ology family will not be possible. Following Department here at Iowa State are a few additional con-siderations University. involving the order that require study. In issue number 20 Smit indi- At the end of 1995 there were cated that during the years 1973 to 3011 named taxa in the literature at early 1980 he had listed 1605 titles, for the species or sub-species level. Of an average of 227 per annum. I have these, 2565 were considered valid and kept a tally of the numbers of papers 798, or 31% of these were treated as cited in Flea News since its inception subspecies. The remaining 446 nam-es and, as of this issue, the number are either junior synonyms or of stands at 5939, an average of 258 per questionable status I know of no oth-er annum Granted, this is not an accu- group of organisms, with the poss-ible rate figure since it does not take into exception of pocket gophers, whe-re consideration works that have been such a high percentage of subspec-ies overlooked during this period or the few has been erected. A dozen of the worst cases where papers have been cited in examples of subspecies infla-tion are more than one issue. How-ever, in this the following genera: type of endeavour there is no such Typhloceras 100% thing as completeness and the Pariodontis 80.0% numbers can only sugest a trend. A Thrassis 80.0% review of these citations indicates a Foxella 78.5% dimunition in taxonomic studies, with a Mesopsylla 76.4% few notable exceptions, and an increase Ophthalmopsylla 66.6% in experimental and applied works. Orchopeas 65.0% This is particularly the case with Leptopsylla 63.3% control measures such as insect Frontopsylla 57.5% growth regulators (IGRs) and syst- Ctenophthalmus 57.5% emics. Hystrichopsylla 56.2% Does this mean that taxonomic Peromyscopsylla 54.8% and systematic studies of the Siphon- There are many additional genera with aptera are nearing completion? Most 40% or higher. At a glance it would assuredly not! Of the landmark series appear that our knowledge of the order of catalogues published by the British is so advanced that popula-tion Museum from 1953 to 1987, only the analysis is possible in a very de-tailed last volume can be consider-ed current manner. This could explain how the and the earliest vol-umes are badly in Ctenophthalmus agyrtes complex could 597 contain 23 subspecies in what is and associating fleas as close relatives genarally treated as west-ern Europe, of the Diptera, or two winged flies. This or the Stenoponia tripect-inata arrangement may be sup-ported by complex could have 14 subspec-ies in recent studies of 18S and 28S rDNA northern Africa and the east-ern sequences, but the details are only now Mediterranean, or that Foxella ignota in the process of being pub-lished. At could contain 11 subspecies in roughly this point I know of no studies using the western half of North America. techniques such as the Polymerase While that is one interpre-tation, it is Chain Reaction (PCR), nuclear RNA really quite misleading. From a gene sequencing or mitochondrial DNA technical point of view, a sub-species is sequencing that have been developed a race of a species that is assigned its relatively rec-ently. Perhaps the time own Latin name in much the same way will come in the not-too-distant future that species are assigned names. when tech-niques such as these will be However, there are no clear rules for applied to the mystery of flea identifying subspec-ies except that phylogeny both within and beyond the they must be geogra-phically distinct ordinal level populations, not merely morphs, and On the fossil front, there are only that they must differ to some extent a few fossils that are unarguably fleas from other geo-graphic segments of the in the modern definition. So far these total popula-tion. Since they are all seem to be restricted to deposits of supposed to belong to the same species Baltic and Domincan amber. The two they shou-ld be able to interbreed and that have been described from Baltic produce hybrids where the populations amber belong to a recognizable modern im-pinge upon each other. There are genus, Palaeopsylla, assign-ed to the very few cases where this sort of hystrichopsylloid family evidence is available, and most sub- Ctenophthalmidae. Those in Domini- species are named with little regard for can amber, though as yet undescrib-ed, comparative data. In other words, appear to be rhopalopsyllids or pulicids. recognition and description of Though there is much to be learned subspecies is a rather arbitrary pro- from these fossils it is unlike-ly that cedure and may be driven by forces they will contribute much to other than scientific precision. Until phylogenetic theory within the order. these trinomials can be examined and Although the world fauna is validated by the scientific com-munity better known than might be expected, their legitimacy must remain a matter there are still large areas that should of speculation. be sampled. This is particularly true of On a more positive note, there Central and South America, but even are more tools available to taxonom- parts of western United States are still ists today to explore the ordinal and in need of intensive collect-ing. In fact, infraordinal relationships of organ-isms much collecting has been done but the than ever before. The ancestors of the records remain un-published and are order Siphonaptera are difficult to thus inaccessible to the scientific determine beyond speculation due to community. the high degree of morphological In summary, there are still modification imposed by an ectopara- many opportunities for researches into sitic life style. Most workers have be- fleas at many different levels and much en relatively comfortable in deriving alpha taxonomy remains to be done the order from some mecopteroid stock 598 before the world fauna is proper-ly submis-sion of paper titles. February understood and elucidated. 28th is the cut-off for hotel reservations and preregistration ($100 ❏❄❏❄❏❄❏ full, $50 student and $150 on-site). Titles and 250 word abstracts should MISCELLANEA be submitted to Dr. Nancy Hinkle, Department of Entom-ology, Meetings. University of California, River-side, CA The American Society of 92521, or sent by e-mail to Mam-malogists have scheduled their 599 Beginning in mid-May this booksell-ing for summer, fall and winter of this year service entered the Internet. It is an as is the CD. The WWW site provides electronic booksellers catalogue. Under additional infor-mation, but nothing Entomology it lists the follow-ing about the part-icipants, so I have no categories: Taxonomic; Insect idea how auth-oritative the finished Catalogues/Identification Guides, product really is. Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Small Orders, Spiders & Personal Comments Parasitic Insects. Applied: Biolog-ical Control/Pest Management, Ins-ect Dr Allen H. Benton writes that he Ecology/Conservation, Insect Bio- wishes to dispose of his extensive chemistry/Genetics, Food/Crop Pres- collection of books, pamphlets and ervation & Protection, General Ento- reprints on Siphonaptera. Anyone mology Books. There are also sect-ions interested should write, indicating their labeled Announcements, New areas of interest or special needs. The Publications, Featured Books & address is: 292 Water Street, Fredonia, Spe-cial Offers. Individual listings NY 14063. incl-ude the Title, Author(s), Bibliograp- hic information, Reference Number, Following is a communication from Ms. Price in £ and Annotations. At pres- Nancy Adams, Smithsonian In- ent the following general categories are stitution, concerning the Siphonapt-era treated: Biotechnology, Botany, collection there. Entomology, Food Science, Geology, NMNH SIPHONAPTERA Natural History, Water & Water COLLECTION Treatment and Zoology and over 2,000 The United States National Siphonap- titles are listed. tera Collection housed at the Smith- sonian Institution's, National Muse-um Entomological Information Services of Natural History, Museum Sup-port P.O.Box 4350 Center in Suitland, MD, is open for Rockville, MD 20849-4350 USA business. The collection has been (800) 879 4214 undergoing growth and facility chan-ges E.mail 600 would probably have fewer than 100 he was ready to work on some of the slide boxes of material had it not been material again. What a thrill! There for the tireless efforts of Bob Traub. are still about 10,000 specimens that Because of his love for these wee are unidentified from that project so I beasties and his tireless efforts in the can really use the help. clearing and mounting of fleas, the The collection is now arranged in collection now holds about 1,400 slide alphabetical order by family, genus and boxes of fleas from around the world, species so even though the inven-tory including over 400 primary types. The has yet to be made I can still look for collection contains the non-USA specimens that you may want to material from Brigham Young Univ- borrow for study or identification. The ersity through Vernon Tipton, the NMNH Department of Entomol-ogy material that the late Allen Barnes and loan policy is as follows: 3 years for others worked on from the Cent-ers for non-type material with extensions Disease Control, Ft. Collins, Colorado, possible and 6 months for primary most of the W. L. Jellison and Phyllis T. types. This can be negotiated depend- Johnson material, also significant gifts ing on your project. The Department from C. A. Hubbard, R. E. Lewis and also has a policy for material retent-ion many others. I ad-mit, you may be for identification services, a "kept for more familiar with the collection than I names" system that we can dis-cuss if am, because I have only recently taken you are interested in helping with this over the coll-ection manager position task. for the Siph-onaptera collection. I am I still have a large supply of not a flea taxonomist but am the excess reprints which I advertised in an collection manager for the neuropteroid earlier Flea News. Some from that orders and the lice and flea collections listing may no longer be avail-able and thus the contact person for any because I did have about 30 re-quests. info-rmation, loans or gifts for those But if you look back on that list and see port-ions of the NMNH collections. I something that you or a am sorry to say that I have not had student/colleague might need, please let the chance to inventory the holdings, me know. but that is in the plans for the future Thank you all for keeping the and when it is prepared I will put an NMNH, through me, on your reprint announcement in Flea News. One of mailing list. Having as complete a the slowdowns in organizing the literature base as possible for current collection was the necessity of label-ing and future workers is exceedingly about 40,000 slides from the SI/US important. Army Survey of African Mammals. I would also like to extend an They were beautifully mounted and invitation to any of you who would like most identified to genus or species but to visit the collection; you are more had no locality or host labels and than welcome. Often the Wash-ington, sometimes no appropriate determina- DC area is a spring-board to other tion labels. With help from a few vol- world destinations. So, if com-ing to unteers and a short-term contract this area is in your travel plans and worker, that chore has been complet- you would like to spend some time in ed. Surprisingly, while working on the the collection or retrieving material for labelling, one of the original workers on a loan, please let me know. The the Africa flea project, Michael research facilities at the Museum Hastriter, contacted me to let me know Support Center are fairly new and 601 quite good. It will be easy to get you set ❋❈❋❈❋❈❋ up near the specimen and reprint collection. Announcement I have probably not answered all your questions concerning the It is my intention to retire collection, so if you have other quest- from Iowa State University ions you can reach me by phone: (202) effective 31-Dec-ember-1996. 357 1897, Fax: (202) 786 2894, E-mail: However, I intend to continue my [email protected], or snail work with the Siphon-aptera and mail: Nancy Adams, Smithsonian will continue to produce Flea News Institution, National Museum of as long as there is finan-cial Natural History, MCR-105, Washing- support for it. As of 1 January 1997 ton, DC 20560. my mailing address will be: 3906 Please let me know how I can Stone Brooke Circle, Ames, IA facilitate your research. N.E.A. 50010-4174 USA. Phone (515) 232 7714 A new e-mail address will be ❍❅❍❅❍❅❍ provided later, probably in the December issue. New Species ❆❄❆❄❆❄❆ 1994 australiaca Beaucournu & Kock SIPHONAPTERA LITERATURE Lagaropsylla mera bursiforma Wu, Cai & Li Callopsylla Although it may not be obvious from (Geminopsylla) changi Wu, Zhao & Li Wagnerina the titles, citations included here per- heishuiensis Li & Liu Hystrichopsylla tain to fleas and the zoonoses assoc- hubeiensis Liu, Wang & Yang Doratopsylla iated with them. No particular effort coreana has been made to search the medical iberica Ribeiro, Lucientes, Osacar & Calvete and veterinary literature and the em- Echidnophaga intermedium Guo, Liu & Wu phasis here is on the taxonomy, syst- Paradoxopsyllus ematics and general biology of mem- liae Guo, Liu & Hu Paradoxopsyllus bers of the order. liui Guo Liu & Wu Frontopsylla malayana Beaucournu & Kock 1991 List 11) Lagaropsylla mengdaensis Cai & Wu Hystrichopsylla Easton, E.R. Annotated list of insects of Ma- muyuensis Liu & Wang Macrostylophora cau observed during 1989. Entomological peninsularis Lewis Thrassis News 102(2): 105-111. polyspina Liu Wu & Li Amphipsylla wushanensis Liu & Wang Palaeopsylla GAO, Z.-l. & MA L.-m. A new species of the genus Brevictenidia from Xizang, China 1995 (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae). Acta Zoo- andersoni George & Beaucournu taxonomica Sinica 16(4): 487-489. Orthopsylloides baiyerensis George & Beaucournu GE L. & MA L.-m. Description of female of Orthopsylloides abacetus the flea Paradoxopsyllus aculeolatus (Siph- grenieri Beaucournu & Rodhain onaptera: Leptopsyllidae). Acta Zootaxo- Ctenocephalides nomica Sinica 16(4): 500-502. lui Li Syngenopsyllus liae Zhang, Wu & Li Monopsyllus LI S.-j. et al. The blood-sucking ability of subulispina Cai, Wu & Li Wagnerina Nosopsyllus laeviceps kuzenkovi and the experiment of biting humans. Chinese 602 Journal of Vector Biology and Control 2(2): 95- species of domestic rat fleas in south China 99. (Siphonaptera). Endemic Diseases Bulletin 8(2): 17-19. Nayak, M.K., S.S. Sehgal & V. Baweja. Flea-host relationships of associated Rattus CHEN J.-l. & WANG D.-q. Preliminary and native wild rodents in selected biotopes of studies on restriction enzymatic analysis of two erstwhile plague endemic areas in India. genomic DNA in Leptopsylla segnis and Indian Journal of Entomology 53(4): 564-573. Monopsyllus anisus. Acta Parasitologica et Medica Entomologica Sinica 1: 66-68. 1992 (List 9) CHI Y.-l. et al. Labelling Citellophilus tes- Flowerdew, J.R., R.C. Trout & J. Ross. quorum sungaris with 125I and observations Myxomatosis: population dynamics of rab-bits on the physiological effects. Endemic Dis- (Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus, 1758) and eases Bulletin 8(1): 68-70. ecological effects in the United King-dom. Revue Scientifique et Technique - Of-fice DONG X.-q. et al. Diagnosis, treatment and International des Epizooties 11(4): 1109- analysis of 8 cases of bubonic plague in Yun- 1113. jian County. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 8(1): 87-89. LIU J.-y. & LI X.-m. The vectorial position and effect of Nosopsyllus laeviceps kuzen-kovi FEI R.-z et al. A study of the extent of dis- in the natural plague foci of gerbils. Endemic persal of Citellophilus tesquorum sungaris on Diseases Bulletin 7(4): 40-44. Citellus using the 125I labelling method. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 8(1): 65-67. MA L.-m. Life duration of adult Neopsylla bidentatiformis and Citellophilus tesquo-rum Fox, M.T. Ectoparasites and vectors of vet- sungaris in relation to temperature and erinary importance. Parasitology Today humidity. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 7(4): 9(12): 437-438. 89-91. Gállego, M., M.S. Gómez, M. Portús & J. QIAN C.-n. et al. A device for feeding the Gállego. Ectoparasitological study (Acar-ina, flea and observing infection of Pulex irrit-ans Insecta) of insectivores in Catalonia. Boletim with Yersinia pestis. Endemic Disea-ses da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entom-ologia Bulletin 7(3): 43-45. (1992) Supplemento No. 3, 1, 385-394. WANG Z.-j. Ecological observation of Ivanov, V.P. Electron microscope study of Marmota himalayana during hibernation. the pygidial receptor organ in the flea Xeno- Endemic Diseases Bulletin 7(4): 51-55. psylla cheopis Roths., 1903 (Siphonaptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 72(3): 507-518. ZHANG X.-x. et al. A study on the plague mass formation of the flea Pulex irritans Kutzscher, C. Ein interessanter Flohfund canine strain from Yunnan and Jilin. am Haussperling (Passer domesticus L.) Endemic Diseases Bulletin 7(4): 92-93. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 37(2): 138-139. 1993 (List 7) LI C.-s. et al. A surveillance report of plague Capel, R.A. & J. Calvet . Contribution to epizootic in Ulan County. Endemic Diseases the knowledge of fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) Bulletin 8(1): 94-98. of Madeira and the Selvagens. Boletim da Soc-idade Portuguesa de Entomologia (1992) LI Z.-l. & XIO B.-l. Observations on the Sup-plemento No. 3, 2, 197-201. breeding and biological characteristics of Leptopsylla segnis. Endemic Diseases Bull- CHEN J.-l. & WANG D.-q. An approach to etin 8(2): 26-28. the extraction of flea genomic DNA. Endem-ic Diseases Bulletin 8(1): 56-60. LIAO H.-r. & LIN D.-h. Laboratory observ- ations on some biological characters of two rat CHEN J.-l & WANG D.-q. Scanning elect- fleas in south China. Endemic Diseases ron miscroscopy of the chorion surface of three Bulletin 8(1): 61-64. 603 de Entomologia (1992) Supplemento No. 3, 2, LIU J.-y & LIU J. The distribution and epid- 137-146. emiological significance of main species of flea in various types of plague foci in Inner Sangvaranond, A. Studies on prevalence Mongolia. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 8(1): and outbreak of ectoparasites in native chic- 26-29. kens in the central part of Thailand. Kaset- sart Journal, Natural Sciences 27(2): 194- MA L.-m. Resistance of the fleas Neopsylla 202. bidentatiformis and Citellophilus tesquorum sungaris to low temperature. Endemic Dis- Saxena, V.K. & A. Miyata. An unusual eases Bulletin 8(1): 71-73. morphological type of Trypanosoma (Herp- etosoma ) lewisi Kent, 1880) detected in the MacKichen, J.J. & W.F. Hink. High- blood of Rattus norvegicus in India. Journal performance liquid chromatographic deter- of Communicable Diseases 25(1): 15-17. mination of CGA-184699 (Lufenuron) in dog and cat blood. Journal of Liquid Chromato- SHI G. et al. A mathematical model for fore- graphy 16(12): 2595-2604. casting the nest flea index of Citellus dauri- cus. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 8(2): 73. Meola, R.W., S. Ready & S. Meola. Physiol-ogical effects of the juvenoid SHYU M.-h., HSU T.-c. & WU W.-j. pyriproxyfen on adults, eggs and larvae of the Seasonal abundance of the cat flea, Cteno- cat flea. Proc-eedings of the 1st International cephalides felis (Bouché) (Siphonaptera: Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban Pulicidae). Chinese Journal of Entomology Environment. pp. 221-228. 13(1): 59-67. Meola, S., K. Palma & R.W. Meola. Flea Skidmore, R.E. A catalogue of types of eggs: target of the new IGR on-animal treat- miscellaneous terrestrial orders in the ments. Proceedings of the 1st International Canadian National Collection of Insects Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban En- (Arthropoda: Insecta), including amber fossils. vironment . pp. 207-213 Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 124: 197-207. Osacar-Jimenez, J.J., J. Lucientes-Curdi, C. Calvete-Margolles & R. Villafuerte- Sreevatsa, ?. Leprosy and arthropods. Ind- Fernandez. Notes on the ecology of rabbit ian Journal of Leprosy 65(2): 189-200. fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitizing wild rabits (Oryctolagus cuniculus ) in Ebro's middle Vashchonok, V.S. Factors regulating ovi- valley. Proceedings of the 1st International position in the flea Leptopsylla segnis (Lepto- Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban psyllidae: Siphonaptera). Parazitologia 27(6): Environment. 481 (abstract) 383-388. PENG H.-b. et al. Confirmation and WANG D.-q & LIAO H.-r. Monstrosities analysis of human plague in Menghai County, appearing in a colony of Leptopsylla segnis Yunnan. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 8(4): 42- reared in the laboratory over a long period of 44. time. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 8(2): 20-22. Pototski, A., O Schwan, P. Tüll & V. WANG S.-q, LIAO J. & WU H.-y. Vasil-enko. The fauna of small mammals, Comparative studies of composition and con- fleas and Ixodes ticks of Saaremaa (Estonia) tent of amino acids in subspecies of Citello- and Gotland (Sweden) islands. Biologija philus tesquorum. Endemic Diseases Bull-etin (1993) No. 1. pp. ? 8(4): 18-22. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J.A., R. Martín- WANG S.-r & LIU X.-q. Castrated males in Hernández, F. Valcárcel-Sancho & A.S. the genus Neopsylla from China and a disc- Ilmeda-García. Intraspecific variation in the ussion of Neopsylla monodentatiformis. Acta genal and pronotal chaetotaxy of Spil-opsyllus Entomologica Sinica 36(2) 225-230. cuniculi (Dale, 1878) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Boletim da Sociedade Portugu-esa Wildey, K.B. & W.H. Robinson. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 1st International Confer- 604 ence on Insect Pests in the Urban Environ- ment. Cambridge, UK xii-498 pp. ISBN 0- Fenner, F. & J. Ross. Myxomatisis. pp. 9521824-0-8. Central Science Laboratory, 205-239. In: The European rabbit: the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. history and biology of a successful colonizer. London Road, Slough SL3 7HJ, UK. H.V. Thompson & C.M. King (Eds.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK ISBN 0-19- XIAO B.-l. & LI Z.-l. Morphological observ- 857611-0. ations on the larvae of Frontopsylla frontalis baibacina. Acta Entomologica Sinica 36(3): Hunter, J.E., R.J. Gutierrez, A.B. 375-378. Franklin & D. Olson. Ectoparasites of the spotted owl. Journal of Raptor Research XIRAU R.-d et al. An investigation of the 28(4): 232-235. natural foci of plague in Gyaca and Nang-xian counties, Tibet. Endemic Diseases Bulletin JIN P. Studies on the digestive system of 8(4): 45-48. fleas: structures of the proventriculus of fourteen flea species. Acta Entomologica YE R.-y, ZHANG J.-t, CAO H.l & YU X. Sinica 37(1): 51-58. Damage cause by phoresy of acariid hypopi to fleas. Acta Parasitology and Medical Kristofík, J., Z. Sustek & P. Gajdos. Arth- Entomology Sinica 1: 46-48. ropods in nests of the sand martin (Riparia riparia Linnaeus, 1758) in south Slovakia. YU X. On the distribution of the six Biológia (Bratislava) 49(5): 683-690. subspeies of Ophthalmopsylla volgensis including a new record from China. Endemic Lane, R.S., D.M. Berger, L.E. Casher & Diseases Bulletin 8(1): 21-25. W. Burgdorfer. Experimental infection of Col-umbian black-tailed deer with the Lyme YU X. et al. New records of fleas from China disease spirochaete. Journal of Wildlife (including Xinjiang). Endemic Diseases Diseases 30(1): 20-28. Bulletin 8(3): 90-91. LIAO H.-r. A summary of the investigation ZHU J.-q, WU W.-l, LI Y.-z., LIU G. & on Rattus rattoides exiguus and its ectopara- WANG C.-m. A study on the epidemic pat- sites in Fujian. Wuyi Science Journal 11: terns and control measures of human plague 158-161. in Qinghai Province. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 8(1): 1-8. LIU J.-y & Wang D.-q. Description of a new species of Macrostylophora (Siphonaptera: 1994 (List 5) Ceratophyllidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 19(2): 238-242. Allen, J.R. Host resistance to ectoparasites. In: Ectoparasites of animals and control LIU J.-y, WANG D.-q & YANG Q.-r. methods. G. Uilenberg (Ed.). Revue Scient- Description of a new subspecies of ifique et Technique - Office Internacional des Doratopsylla coreana (Siphonaptera: Hyst- Épizooties 13(4): 1287-1303. richopsyllidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 19(2): 243-245. CAI L.-y, WU W.-z & LI Z.-l. Two new species and a new subgenus of the family LIU J.-y & WANG D.-q. A new species of Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904 from Palaeopsylla Wagner, from Hubei Prov-ince, Qinghai Province, China. Acta Entomol-ogica China (Siphonaptera: Hystricho-psyllidae). Sinica 37(2): 225-228. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 19(3): 367-369. Cuisance D., N. Barré & R. de Deken. LIU J.-y., WANG D.-q. & PI J.-j. A descr- Ectoparasites des animaux: méthodes de iption of the female of Liuopsylla conica lutte écologique, biologique, génétique et Zhang, Wu & Li, 1985, and supplementary méchan-ique. In: Ectoparasites of animals morphological characters of the genus (Sip- and con-trol methods. G. Uilenberg (Ed.). honaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae). 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Painter & H. Ribeiro. ❍❇❍❇❍❇❍ It should be understood that all Rus- sian and Chinese citations listed in this newsletter are in Russian or Chinese, although they may have summaries or abstracts in English, French, German or some other lang-uage. Additional information is available upon written request and recipients are urged to report citat-ions of articles dealing with the Siph-onaptera, particularly those publish-ed in rare sources or those in jour-nals peripheral to the field of Entom-ology. ❏❖❏❖❏❖❏ Wishing you all a happy and prosper- ous summer! R. E. Lewis 610
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