flea NEWS 59 Department of Entomology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 December, 1993; No. 48, July, 1994; No. 49, December, 1994; No. 50, June, Table of Contents 1995; No. 51, December, 1995; No. 52, Book Reviews...... 696 June, 1996; No. 53, December, 1996; Literature...... 698 No. 54, June, 1997; No. 55, January, Miscellanea...... 694 1998; No 56, August, 1998; No. 57, Obituary...... 688 January, 1999; No. 58, June 1999; and this number. FLEA NEWS is a biannual newsletter ❋▲❋▲❋▲❋ devoted to matters involving insects belonging to the order Siphonaptera Obituary (fleas) and related subjects. It is com- piled and distributed free of charge by Li Kuei Chen Robert E. Lewis in cooperation with 6-January-1911 • 21-October-1999 the Department of Entomology at Iowa State University, Ames, IA. I am saddened to report that a recent letter Flea News is mainly bibliographic in from Professor Chin Ta Hsiung of the Gui- nature. Many of the sources are yang Medical College informed me of the abstracting journals and title pages death of his wife, Li Kuei Chen. and not all citations have been checked She was born in Shandong Province for completeness or acc-uracy. to a Christian family and received her early Additional information will be provided education in missionary schools. She grad- upon written or e-mail request. uated from Cheeloo University (which is where she met Ta Hsiung) with a Bachelor of Further, recipients are urged to Science degree in Biology. When the Guiy- contribute items of interest to the ang Medical College was established in 1938 professon for inclusion herein. she joined the staff as an Assistant in Biol- This newsletter is now avail-able ogy. By 1947 she had been promoted to the in electronic format. The pre-ferred rank of Professor. She began her studies of method of accessing the electronic ectoparasites in 1940 and her first publication version is through the WorldWide Web dealt with those of the local rats, with empha- at the following URL: sis on fleas. During this period she sent mat-
DECEMBER 1999 1 ructed to develop an Institute for Disease sinica Li & Wang, 1959. Prevention charged with studying the epide- ssp. of Peromyscopsylla himalaica miology and control of diseases endemic to elongatus Li & Shen, 1963. Nosopsyllus the area. Foremost among these was plague, affinis Li & Hsieh, 1964. Neopsylla and where this disease was endemic extens- biseta Li & Hsieh, 1964. Neopsylla ive vector surveys were conducted. There kweiyangensis Li, 1964. Neopsylla were few Chinese who knew much about the =Neopsylla specialis fleas of China at this time and Kuei Chen and minipiensis Li & Wang, 1964. a few other biologists such as Liu Chi Ying ssp. of Neopsylla specialis became pioneers in studies of the indigenous rhipisoides Li & Wang, 1964. Megabothris flea fauna. By virtue of her position with the female = Ceratophyllus garei University she was able to attract a number of polyspina Li & Wang, 1964. Stenoponia students who assisted her in her studies. Be- exilia Li, Wang & Hsieh, 1964. Macrostylo- tween 1943 and 1998 she authored or coauthor- phora ed 93 papers, erected 5 new genera or subgen- menghaiensis Li, Wang & Hsieh, 1964. era and described approximately 90 new ssp. of Macrostylophora hastatus species or subspecies. geniculata Li, 1964. Vermipsylla. In 1985 and 1986 she was invited to =Vermipsylla alakurt collaborate with the late Robert Traub in stud- gigantea Li, 1964. Vermipsylla ies on the genus Macrostylophora in China = Vermipsylla alakurt and the islands of South East Asia. Speci- convexa Li, Wang & Wang, 1966. Neopsylla mens were exchanged and preliminary =Neopsylla abagaitui studies begun, but for various reasons the paranoma Li, Wang & Wang, 1966. Neop- projects did not come to fruition. In addition sylla to the time spent by her and her husband in microcopa Li, Chen & Wei, 1974. Macrstylo- Washington, D. C., the couple also visited phora my laboratory here in Ames and Dr. Cluff aeretesites Li, Chen & Wei, 1974. Macrosty- Hopla's laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma. lophora Following is an inventory of the taxa megasinus Li & Chen, 1974. Frontopsylla described by Li, and a partial list of her publi- acutus Li & Chen, 1974. Frontopsylla cations. Due to changes in the transliterat- =Frontopsylla megasinus ion system, the latter probably contains a diqiengensis Li & Hsieh, 1974. Frontopsylla number of errors and any titles taken from it bispiniforma Li, Hsieh & Yang, 1976. Mac- for use elsewhere should be checked against rostylophora the originals if possible. It should also be longisetosa Li & Hsieh, 1977. Neopsylla noted that after approximately 1980, Kuei clavelia Li & Wei, 1977. Neopsylla Chen sometimes appeared as Gui Zhen. jinshajiangensis Hsieh, Yang & Li, 1978. Genera & Subgenera Paradoxopsyllus Brevictenidia Liu & Li, 1965 longiprojectus Hsieh, Yang & Li, 1978. Typhlomyopsyllus Li & Huang, 1980 Paradoxopsyllus Spuropsylla Li, Xie & Gong, 1982 intermedius Hsieh, Yang & Li, 1978. (Angustus) Li, Xie & Liao, 1980 Paradoxopsyllus s. gen. of Cratynius bijiangensis Li, Hsieh & Yang, 1978. (Songshupsylla) Li & Traub, 1998 ssp. of Xenodaeria telios s. gen of Macrostylophora =Xenodaeria telios Species & Subspecies zhongdiamensis Lie, Yang & Li, 1979 passerinus Li, 1952. Ceratophyllus ssp. of Amphipsylla quadratoides =C. tribulus Jordan, 1926 chaliensis Jie, Yang & Li, 1979 ochotona Li, 1957. ssp. of Amphipsylla tuta callida Li & Chin, 1957. Tunga deqinensis Jie, Yang & Li, 1979 bispiniformis (Li & Wang, 1958) ssp. of Amphipsylla tuta ssp. of Aviostivalius klossi longidigita Chen, Wei & Li, 1979. Palaeop- rectodigitus Li & Wang, 1958 sylla ssp. of Stivalius aporus
2 obtuspina Chen, Wei & Li, 1979. Palaeop- Neopsylla sylla xiei Li, 1987. Stenischia conjiangensis Li & Huang, 1979. Macrosty- falsotorosa Wi, Ni. & Li, 1987. Geusibia lophora nandensis Li, Zeng & Zeng, 1987. jiangkouensis Li & Huang, 1979. Macrostylophora ssp. of Macrostylophora cuii rhombomysus Li, Huang & Sun, 1987. brivimanubrium Li & Huang, 1979. Para- Paradoxopsyllus ceras angustihamulus Li, Zhang & Zeng, 1988 aprojectus Li, 1979. Ctenophthalmus Macrostylophora stenosinuata Li, 1979. Geusibea longiprojiciens Chen, Li & Wei, 1988. manosus Li, 1979. Amphalius Ctenophthalmus paoshanensis Li & Yan, 1980. Macrostylo- rongjianensis Li & Huang, 1990. phora Nosopsyllus wualis yunnanus Li, Xie & Liao, 1980. Cratynius boseensis Li & Pan, 1990. rotundisinuata Li & Hsieh, 1980. Hystricho- Nosopsyllus wualis psylla diandongensis Li, Xie & Yang, 1990. fimbriata Li & Hsieh, 1980. Neopsylla Nosopsyllus wualis elesina Li, 1980. Neopsylla biseta longchuanensis Li, Xie & Wu, 1990. megaloba Li, 1980. Neopsylla Nosopsyllus elongatus schismatosa Li, 1980. Neopsylla puerensis Li, Xie & Yu, 1990. ssp of Neopsylla specialis Nosopsyllus elongatus eothenomus Li & Huang, 1980. Ctenoph- yanshanensis Li, Xie & Liao, 1990. thalmus Nosopsyllus elongatus breviprojiciens Li & Huang, 1980. Ctenoph- ailuropoda Jeu, Wang & Li, 1991. thalmus Chaetopsylla cavaticus Li & Huang, 1980. Typhlomyop- remotus Li, Hai & Pan, 1991. syllus Syngenopsyllus calceatus diqingensis Li, Xie & Yang, 1980. laxiprojectus Li, 1992. Ctenophthalmus ssp. of Amphalius spirataenius weiningensis Li, 1992. Amphipsylla qinghaiensis Li, Xie & Yang, 1980. guinanensis Wu & Li, 1992. Ceratophyllus ssp. of Amphalius spirataenius heishuiensis Li & Liu, 1994. laxisinus Xie, He & Li, 1980. Paraceras Hystrichopsylla menetus Xie, Chen & Li, 1980. Paraceras bursiforma Liu, Cai & Li, 1994. Callopsylla occidentayunnanus Li, Xie & Gong, 1981. heishuiensis Li, 1996. Macrostylophora Lentistivalius jingdongensis Li, 1996. Macrostylophora laxilobulus Li, Xie & Gong, 1981. Stivalius hylomysus Li, Xie & Gong, 1981. Publications Aviostivalius monoseta Li. Xie & Gong, 1982. NOTE. I regret that I have not seen the Spuropsylla descriptions for the taxa given in boldface quadrasetis Xie, Yang & Li, 1983. above so cannot include the citations in the Ischnopsyllus list given below. quintuesetis Xie, Yang & Li, 1983. Also, this is not a complete list of Li's Ischnopsyllus publications on fleas. There was a period magnabulga Xie, Yang & Li, 1983. when communications with Chinese colleag- Ischnopsyllus ues was not posible. And, as was the case rhinopitheca Li, 1985. Vermipsylla parallela with Liu C.-Y., some publications may have affinis Li, 1986. Lentistivalius been in organs that were unavailable for deqinensis Xie & Li, 1986. Neopsylla affinis circulation. yunnanensis Li & Yan, 1986. Pariodontis riggenbachi ❖❃❖❃❖❃❖ leizhouensis Li, Huang & Liu, 1986. Nosopsyllus wualis hongyangensis Li, Bai & Chen, 1986.
3 1943. Note on the external parasites of rats genus. Acta Entomol. Sinica 10: 505-512. (Li in Kweiyang with special reference to the K.-C. & Chin T.-H.) Siphonaptera. Chinese Med. J. 62: 267-272 1963. The oriental cat flea and its relat- 1951. A description of the female of ives. Guiyang Med. School Annual 1963: 52- Neopsylla specialis Jordan, 1932, 56. (Siphonaptera) with remarks on certain structures of the male. Bull. Peking Soc. 1963. A new flea of the genus Nosopsyllus Nat. Hist. 19: 263-265. Jordan, 1933, (Siphonaptera). Acta Entomol. Sinica 12: 354-356. (Li K.-C. & Shen D.-Y.) 1952. A description of the male of Stenis- chia mirabilis Jordan, 1932, (Siphonaptera). 1964. The study of the worm-like flea in Bull. Peking Soc. Nat. Hist. 20:113-116. northwest China. Acta Parasitol. Sinica 1: 91-100. 1952. A new flea from a sparrow nest in Kweiyang. Bull. Peking Soc. Nat. Hist. 20: 1964. Two new records of Palaeopsylla 205-208. Wagner in China with a description of P. incurva Jordan. Acta Entomol. Sinica 13: 1955. The discovery of Thaumapsylla 768-770. (Li K.-C. & Hsieh P.-C.) breviceps Roths., 1907, and its significance in the fauna of China. Acta Entomol. Sinica 1964. A study on the classification of the 5: 305-308. (Li K.-C. & Chin T.-H.) stevensi group of the genus Neopsylla from China (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae), 1956. General treatise on fleas. People's with descriptions of new species and subsp- Health Publishing House, Peking. 152 pp. ecies. Acta Entomol. Sinica 13: 212-230. (Li K.-C., Hsieh P.-C. & Wang D.-C.) 1957. A brief survey of the fleas of insect- ivores and rodents in western Yunnan. Acta 1964. A new species of the genus Megabot- Zool. Sinica, Shanghai 9: 25-33. hris Jordan, 1933 ,(Siphonaptera: Ceratop- hyllidae). Acta Zool. Sinica 16: 247-250. (Li 1957. Tunga callida sp. nov., a new spec- K.-C. & Wang D.-C.) ies of sandflea from Yunnan. Acta Entomol. Sinica, Peiking 7: 113-120. (Li K.-C. & Chin 1964. A new species of the genus Stenoponia T.-H.) J. et R., 1911, (Siphonaptera: Hystrichop- syllidae). Acta Entomol. Sinica 13: 615-623. 1957. A new species of flea, Echidnophaga (Li K.-C. & Wang D.-C.) ochotona sp. nov. Acta Entomol. Sinica, Peking 7: 121-124. 1964. A study on the genus Macrostylophora in China (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae). 1958. The fleas of the genus Stivalius J. et Acta Zool. Sinica 16: 479-486. (Li K.-C., R., 1922, (Siphonaptera) from China. Acta Wang D.-C. & Hsieh P.-C.) Entomol. Sinica 8: 67-75. (Li K.-C., & Wang D.-C. ) 1965. The discovery of Aenigmopsylla mikulini Schwartz in China and the 1959. Discovery of Peromyscopsylla establishment of Brevictenidia gen. nov. himalaica (Roths., 1915) in China and (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae). Acta comparison of its three subspecies. Acta Entomol. Sinica 17: 414-420. (Liu T.-S. & Li Entomol. Sinica 9: 548-553. (Li K.-C. & K.-C.) Wang D.-C.) 1966. Two new species of Neopsylla 1961. Records of Acropsylla girshami Wagner (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyll- Traub, 1950, (Siphonaptera) in China, with a idae). Acta Zootaxon. Sinica 3: 255-259. (Li discussion of the status of the species in the K.-C., Wang D.-C. & Wang H.-E.)
4 1974. A study on the genus Macrostylophora 1979. Three new subspecies of Amphipsylla in China (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae). from Yunnan (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyll- Acta Zool. Sinica 16: 479-486. (Li K.-C. , idae). Acta Zootaxon. Sinica 4: 55-56. (Jie Wang D.-C. & Hsieh P.-C.) B.-G., Yang X.-D. & Li K.-C.)
1974. Three new species and subspecies of 1979. On some new species and new Frontopsylla (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae). records of fleas from China (Siphonaptera). Acta Entomol. Sinica 17: 339-346. (Li K.-C., Acta Zootaxon. Sinica 4: 399-407. (Li K.-C. & Chen N.-Y. & Hsieh P.-C.) Huang K.-P.)
1974. On two new species of Macrostylo- 1979. A description of the female of phora (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae). Acta Neopsylla biseta Li et Hsieh, 1964, with Entomol. Sinica 17: 112-116. (Li K.-C., Chen remarks on certain structures of the male. N.-Y. & Wei S. F.) Entomotaxonomia 1: 107-110. (Xie B.-Q. & Li K.-C.) 1974. A study on the teratology of fleas. Acta Entomol. Sinica 16: 154-162. (Li K.-C. 1980. Fleas of Typhlomys cinereus in & Wang D.-C.) China. Acta Acad. Med. Guiyang 5: 130-131.
1976. A new species of the genus Macrostyl- 1980. Fleas of Hylomys suillus in China. ophora (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) Acta Acta Acad. Med. Guiyang 5: 128-129. Entomol. Sinica 19: 345-347. (Li K.-C., Hsieh P.-C. & Yang H.-T.) 1980. Checklist of fleas from Taiwan Province. Acta Acad. Med. Guiyang 2: 194. 1977. On two new species of the setosa group of the genus Neopsylla Wagner, from south- 1980. Present studies on Paradoxopsyllus - west China (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyll- classification, distribution, morphology and idae). Acta Entomol. Sinica 20: 455-460. (Li parasites. Bull. Guiyang Med. College 5: 1- K.-C., Hsieh P.-C. & Wei S.-F.) 7.
1978. The first record of the genus Xenodae- 1980. On the species-groups, zoogeograph- ria Jordan, 1932, from China with descrip- ical divisions and host relationships of the tion of a new subspecies (Siphonaptera: Hyst- Chinese Macrostylophora Ewing, 1929, (Sip- richopsyllidae). Acta Entomol. Sinica 21: honaptera: Ceratophyllidae). Acta Acad. 332-334. (Li K.-C., Hsieh P.-C. & Yang H.- Med. Guiyang 5: 108-113. T.) 1980. Siphonaptera collected in Gongshan, 1978. Three new species of the genus Para- Yunnan. II. Entomotaxonomia 2: 177-184. doxopsyllus Miyajima & Koidzumi, 1909, (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae). Acta 1980. A new species of the genus Hystrich- Entomol. Sinica 21: 91-98. (Hsieh P.-C., opsylla Taschenberg, 1880, with a discussion Yang X.-S. & Li K.-C.) concerning its subgenera (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae). Acta Entomol. Sinica 1979. Siphonaptera collected in Gongshan, 23: 213-215. (Li K.-C. & Hsieh P.-C.) Yunnan. I. Entomotaxonomia 1: 91-102. 1980. A survey on fleas from Kuankuoshui, 1979. New species of Palaeopsylla a natural reserve in Guizhou Province. Acta Wagner, 1903, from Szechuan, with a Acad. Med. Guiyang 5: 114-122. (Li K.-C. & discussion of the genus (Siphonaptera: Huang G.-P.) Hystrichopsyllidae). Acta Entomol. Sinica 22: 349-354. (Chen N.Y., Wei S.-F. & Li K.- 1980. A new species and subgenus of the C.) genus Cratynius Jordan, 1933, (Siphonap- tera: Ceratophyllidae). Entomotaxonomia 2: 41-45. (Li K.-C., Xie B.-Q. & Liao H.-R.)
5 1983. On three new species of the genus 1980. A new subspecies of Amphalius Ischnopsyllus Westwood and the female of I. spirataenius Liu, Wu & Wu, 1966, with a delectabilis Smit (Siphonaptera: Ischnop- discussion on its subspecies in China (Siph- syllidae). Entotaxonomia 5: 113-119. (Xie onaptera: Ceratophyllidae). Acta Acad. B.-Q., Yang D.-Q. & Li K.-C.) Med. Guiyang 5: 123-127. (Li K.-C., Xie B.- Q. & Yang X.-D.) 1984. Fleas in Guizhou Province: their host relationships and the characteristics of their 1980. A new Macrostylophora from Yun- zoogeography. Development of Science in nan (Ceratophyllidae: Siphonaptera). Acta Guizhou Province. pp. 205-212. Entomol. Sinica 23: 76-78. (Li K.-C. & Yan X.-C.) 1984. An emendation of the female of Macrostylophora paoshanensis Li et Yan, 1980. On two new species of Paraceras 1980, (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae). Acta Wagner, from southwest China (Siphonap- Zootaxon. Sinica (Xie B.-Q. & Li K.-C.) tera: Ceratophyllidae). Acta Acad. Med. Guiyang 5: 137-144. (Xie B.-Q, He J.-H., 1985. A new flea from the golden monkey Chen R.-H. & Li K.-C.) Rhinopithecus bieti Milne-Edwards from northwestern Yunnan. Zool. Res. 6: 243-248. 1981. On the species-groups, zoogeograph- ical divisions and host relationships of the 1986. On a new species and a new record of Chinese Macrostylophora Ewing, 1929, (Sip- the genus Lentistivalius Traub, 1972, (Siph- honaptera: Ceratophyllidae). onaptera: Pygiopsyllidae). Entomotaxon- Entomotaxonomia 3: 297-303. omia 8: 9-12.
1981. A new genus and three new species of 1986. A new species of the genus Neopsylla fleas from Kuankuoshui Natural Reserve in from Ningxia. Sichuan J. Zool. 5: 1-3. (Li Guizhou Province. Acta Zootax. Sinica 6: K.-C., Bai X.-L. & Chen B.-F.) 291-297. (Li K.-C. & Huang G.-P.) 1986. Description of a new subspecies of 1981. Three new species of the family Neopsylla affinis (Siphonaptera: Hystricho- Pygiopsyllidae from China (Siphonaptera). psyllidae) Acta Zootaxon. Sinica 11: 327-329. Acta Zootaxon. Sinica 6: 402-408. (Li K.-C., (Xie, B.-Q. & Li K.-C.) Xie B.-Q. & Gong Z.-D.) 1986. Fauna Sinica. Insecta. Siphonap- 1982. General description of the family tera. Academia Sinica Science Press, Ceratophyllidae - Classification, geographic Beijing, China. 1334 pp. (Liu C.-Y., Wu H.- distribution and host/parasite relationships Y., Liu Q., Li K.-C., Wang D.-Q. & Xie B.- and an investigation of pathology problems. Q.) Acta Acad. Med. Guiyang 7: 1-6. 1987. A new species of Stenischia (Siphon- 1982. Description of a new genus and aptera: Hystrichopsyllidae). Entomotaxo- species of ceratophyllid flea from western nomia 9: 85-89. Yunnan, China (Siphonaptera). Entomotaxonomia 4: 23-26. (Li K.-C., Xie B.- 1987. On a new species of Macrostylophora Q. & Gong Z.-D.) Ewing from Gansu (Siphonaptera: Ceratoph- yllidae). Entomotaxonomia 8: 265-268. (Li 1982. Siphonaptera. In: Insects of Xizang. K.-C., Zhang R.-G. & Zeng Y.-C.) Vol. II. Science Press. Beijing, PRC. pp. 283-336 in Chinese, pp. 337-340, in English. 1987. A new species of Macrostylophora (Liu C.-Y., Wu H.-Y., Liu Q., Li K.-c. & Wu Ewing from Guangxi (Siphonaptera: Cerato- F.-l.) phyllidae). Acta Zootaxon. Sinica 12: 415- 417. (Li K.-C., Zeng F. & Zeng Y.-C.)
6 1987. A new species of the genus Paradox- 1996. Two new species of the genus Macro- opsyllus Miyajima & Koidzumi, 1909, from stylophora (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) Bayannur, Inner Mongolia. Rept. Local Acta Zootax. Sinica 21: 239-243. Dis. 2: 19-21. (Li K.-C., Huang G.-P. & Sun Q.) 1996. Description of three new subspecies of Ctenophthalmini (Sinoctenophthalmus) and 1987. A new species of Geusibia Jordan, discussion (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyll- 1932, from southeastern Qinghai (Siphonap- idae) Animal Taxology 2: 110-117. (Li K.- tera: Leptopsyllidae). Acta Biol. Plateau C., Ceng Y.-C. & Ceng F.-Z.) Sinica 6: 93-95. (Wu W.-z., Ni G.-x. & Li K.-C.) 1998. Description of Songshupsylla, a new subgenus of Macrostylophora (Siphonaptera: 1988. A new species of Ctenophthalmus Ceratophyllidae), with a discussion of it spe- from Sichuan (Siphonaptera: Hystrichop- cies groups. J. Med. Entomol. 35: 396-398. syllidae). Sichuan J. Zool. 7: 3-5. (Chen N.- (Li K.-C. & R. Traub) Y., Li K.-C. & Wei X.-R.) ❋❄❋❄❋❄❋ 1990. On the Oriental Nosopsyllus fleas of China: descriptions of new subspecies and MISCELLANEA discussion of the classification (Siphonap- Ms Amoret Brandt, M.Sc. has been tera: Ceratophyllidae). J. Guiyang Med. appointed as Assistant Entomologist in Coll. 15: 161-173. (Li K.-C. & Xie B.-Q.) the Department of Entomology of the 1991. A new record of Syngenopsyllus in Natural History Museum in Lon-don. China with description of a new subspecies of Her main assignment is to up-date the S. calceatus (Rothschild, 1905) (Siphonap- "Handbook of British Fleas" originally tera: Ceratophyllidae). J. Guiyang Med. written by F. G. A. M. Smit in 1957. College 16: 237-243. (Li K.-C., Hai B.-Q. & She will include distribution data for the Pan X.-J.) British fauna and prod-uce an identification key on CD rom as well as 1991. A new flea of the genus Chaetopsylla engage in some curation and indexing from the giant panda. Sichuan J. Zool. 10: 7- activities. Ms. Theresa Howard will 9. (Jeu M.-H., Wang D.-Q. & Li K.-C.) continue to look after loans and visitors to the collection. Both can be reached 1992. The anoplura and Siphonaptera of at: Guizhou. Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House. (Chin T.-H. & Li K.-C.) Department of Entomology The Natural History Museum 1994. A new species of Hystrichopsylla Cromwell Road, London SW7 5bd (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae) from Tel. (020) 7942 5036 Beishui, Sichuan. Entomotaxomia 16: 269- Fax. (020) 7942 5229 271. (Li K.-C. & Liu L.-Z.) E-mail
7 PCR technology, inexpensive automated Dr. Robert Pilgrim has asked that DNA sequencing, and web databases should the following be included in this issue. make this goal attainable. We are combin- "SIPHOTROL 10" ing the experience of a veteran flea entomol- I am anxious to examine a copy of a ogist with a few tricks from a modern mole- publication entitled "Technical Bull-etin cular biologist. So far we have examined 14 flea on Siphotrol 10: Vet-Kem, Dallas, TX species which we collected or which were 1981". This was cited as a refer-ence furnished to us by collaborators. Adults or in Bledsoe, Fadok and Bledsoe (1982 J. larvae were collected in 98% ethanol or 70% Am. Animal Hospital Assn. 18: 415- isopropyl and were stored at room temperat- 422.), in which the authors state (p. ure. Single insects removed from alcohol 418) "Methoprene acts on the fourth were incubated overnight in a mixture of instar larvae;..." KOH and Joy dishwashing detergent, then Because reference to fourth in- extracted once with phenolchloroform. This star larvae in fleas is extraordinary I method preserves the extracted flea exoskel- wish to review the source of the state- eton for morphological identification. The ment. Correspondence to the auth-ors, aqueous phase of the phenol-chloroform ext- and to Dr. Linda Medleau, who ract was alcohol precipitated and redissolved in a small volume of low salt buffer. This subsequently cited the statement very crude flea DNA preparation was then (1983 Internat. J. Dermatol. 22: 378- used without further purification as a temp- 379) has all been unanswered. late for PCR. The primers were ITS 3 & 4 Numerous attempts to source the which recognize ribosomal DNA in nearly bulletin have failed, as the original all eukaryotes and bracket the ITS 2 region manufacturers and/or their associates which codes for nonconserved spacer RNA (Novartis, Sandoz, Zoecon, Ciba-Geigy) between 5.8S and 28S RNA. The Gen-EMBL are unable to locate a copy. DNA sequence database has several ITS 2 This is an appeal to anyone who entries from insects, but as yet none from has access to a copy of the 1981 fleas. Bulletin to lend it to me to photocopy We found that the ITS 3 & 4 products the relevant pages. The copy will be of fleas were 350-600 nucleotides long with some length variations between species in returned proptly. low resolution agarose gel electrophoresis. Dr. R. L. C. Pilgrim PCR products were gel-purified and sequenc- Department of Zoology ed with the primer ITS 3 by the University of University of Canterbury, Utah Sequencing Facility using ABI autom- Private Bag 4800 ated equipment (at $10 per sequence). The CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand ITS 3 & 4 products had, as expected, conserv-
8 another instance we recovered two ITS 3 & 4 originales. Puede servir como un marco products from larvae but one of the two prod- de referencia para algunos ucts was not flea DNA since unlike flea DNA profesionales de la me-dicina humana, it matched yeast sequences in the Gen-EMBL veterinarios, entom-ólogos, zoólogos, DNA sequence database. Flea larvae have parasitólogos, ingen-ieros sanitarios, internal fungi which yield their own ITS biólogos de vida silv-estre y products but so far the fungal products have been easy to separate by electrophoresis. naturalistas del Continente Americano Using DNA sequence as a criterion, y de otros territorios del mundo. we found that fleas from the canyon mouse, "El contenido de esta obra no es Peromyscus crinitus, collected at one site in rigurosamente técnico, por lo que, southern Utah were different from fleas from asimismo, es apropiado y de utilidad the same species of rodent at two other sites, para aquellos lectores aficionados que one in southern Utah and one in eastern se sientan atraidos por un tema tran- Nevada. scendental que requiere una amplia We are grateful to the University of difusión." Utah Research Committee for financial Its price is $30.00 US, plus support. $5.50 Air Mail postage. Interested Theodore Gurney, Jr. & Robert Elbel parties may contact Dr. Méndez at Department of Biology University of Utah Apartado 870317, Zona 7, Panamá República de Panamá Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840 ●❄●❄●❄● ❇❄❇❄❇❄❇ Mammals of the Eastern United States. Third Edition. John O. BOOK REVIEWS Whitaker, Jr & W. J. Hamilton, Jr., Dr. Eustorgio Méndez has informed 1998. i-xi, 583 pp. Comstock me that his book, entitled "Insectos y Publishing Associates, Cornell otros artrópodos de importancia University Press, Ithaca & London. médica y veterinaria" is now avail-able. ISBN 0-8014-3475-0. Following is the author's description. As an aspiring young mam- "Este libro constituye una mod- malogist in the late 1940's the first esta pero razonable fuente de inform- edition of this book, published in 1943 ación sobre diversos grupos de insec- and authored solely by W. J. Hamil-ton tos, arácnidos y oteros artrópodos que became the nucleus of what grew to be en anlguna forma astán relacionados my relatively large mammal-ogical con problemas sanitarios del ser hu- library. Although primitive by today's mano y de muchos animales domést- standards it was on the cut-ting edge of icos y silvestres. Por consiguiente, su the science at the time, forming a firm objectivo es proporcionar una adecu- foundation for a sub-sequent edition in ada comprensión de los invertebrados 1979 co-authored by Hamilton and tratados, sus cualidades anatómicas Whitaker. In this third edition the generales, ecología y hábitos, mencio- content has been almost entirely nando también someramente ciertas rewritten, the species accounts enfermedades que son transmitidas por expanded and updated and additional un número de ellos. Además, entre sections added. otras facetas relevantes conti-ene un The first 22 pages introduce the glosario, un índice general y una lista de reader to basic concepts and tech- casi todos los trabajos consultados, así niques employed by students of mam- como 160 ilustraci-ones a pluma, la malogy and outline the goals of the mayoría de las cua-les son totalmente author (Whitaker, Hamilton died in
9 1990) in presenting the species acc- progress. Over the years the vari-ous ounts. The individual accounts are editions have been revised and broken down into the following head- enlarged, first by John Paradiso (2nd & ings: description, measurements, 3rd) then by Nowak and Paradiso (4th) distribution, habitat, habits, food and and finally by Nowak alone (5th & 6th). feeding, reproduction and develop-ment, The classification followed in population characteristics, enemies, these volumes is mainly that of Wil-son parasites and diseases, relations to and Reeder, 1993 (reviewed in FN 46: humans, areas for furth-er work, 501) and the total number of categ- subspecies and literature. ories are: 28 orders, 146 families, 1,192 Taxonomically the author genera and 4,809 species. Five generic recognizes 11 orders, 26 families, 68 accounts from the 5th edition have genera and 121 species as occurring in been deleted but 81 new generic the United States east of the Missi- accounts have been added. This edit- ssippi River. Included in this total are ion also includes generic accounts for feral dogs, pigs, house cats and horses, extinct genera known to have lived as well as small isolated populations of within the last 5,000 years. The point Rhesus monkeys in Florida. Also is made that most of these inhabited included are the Fallow, Sika and the West Indies, islands in the Medit- Sambar deer. Established populations erranean and Madagascar and are of Fallow deer are cited in Alabama, thought to have been extirpated thro- Georgia, Maryland and Tennessee. ugh human agencies. The point is also Two small populations of Sika deer are made that the most recent IUCN Red located in Maryland and Wisconsin. List of Threatened Animals (Baillie & Sambar occur only in St. Vincent Groombridge, 1996) lists 1,096 full National Wildlife Refuge, St. Vincent species of mammals, nearly one fourth Island, Florida. of all known species, as "critically The book concludes with an endangered" (169) "endan-gered" (315) Appendix of Endangered and Extir- or "vulnerable" (612). The IUCN also pated Species, including a tabular lists an additional 220 mammal presentation, a glossary, a guide to subspecies that are not components of further reading and a brief index. In the listed species in these categories as addition to black and white illustr- "conservation dependent" or "near ations and distribution maps, the threatened" When these are added the volume includes 15 plates containing total is closer to one half than one 48 color photographs of some of the fourth of the world's total. species. REL This edition is organized in much ❃❄❃❄❃❄❃ the same way that the fifth edition was Walker's Mammals of the World. structured. After the Forward and Sixth Edition. Ronald M. Nowak. Preface there is a 28 page table, 1999. Volume I, i-li, 1-836, index lv-lxx. arranged phylogenetic-ally, in which Volume II, i-x, 837-1936. Johns the gross world dist-ribution of all of the Hopkins University Press. Baltimore genera is pres-ented. Volume I and London. ISBN 0-8081-5989-9. US contains accounts for the orders $99.95 plus postage. Monotremata through the Carnivora. Since the first edition of Mam- Volume II includes the remaining mals of the World was published in orders from the Pinn-ipedia through the 1964, with Ernest P. Walker as its Macroscelidea, followed by 172 pages of senior author, this has been a work in Literature Cited, averaging ~50
10 citations per page, and 15 pages of systematics and general biology of the index. Liter-ature coverage extends to order. approx-imately 1995, although many It should be understood that all referen-ces were published as recently Russian and Chinese citations listed as 1997. here are in Russian or Chinese, Each generic account includes although they may have summaries or the name of the order, family, genus, abstracts in English or some other author and date of description. This is language. Additional information is followed by the common name of the available upon request (including e- group, if it has one, and a list of mail) and recipients are urged to report recognized species arranged by sub- citations of articles on Siphon-aptera, genera where these have been erected. particularly those published in rare Following each species name is an sources or those in journals peripheral abridged distribution. Individual to the field of Entomology. generic accounts vary in length and organization depending upon the 1993 (List 10) amount of information available. Large, well-known genera are treated Pashley, D.P., B.A. McPheron & E.A. quite extensively. This is particularly Zimmer. Systematics of holometabol- the case with large game animals. ous insect orders based on 18S riboso- In 1992 (F.N. 44: 455) I ended mal RNA. Molecular Phylogenetic my review of the fifth edition with the Evolution 2: 132-142. following: "All in all, these volumes constitute a superbe exposition and it 1994 (List 9) is difficult to imagine how they could be improved short of printing the pho- tographs in color. The cost of publi- LIU Jing-yuan, WANG Dun-qing & cations has been accelerating at an Yang Qi-ren. Description of a new alarming rate recently, and against subspecies of Doratopsylla coreana this melancholy landscape these (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae). volumes constitute one of the best Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 19: 243- values in publication today." The fifth 245. (D. c. hubeiensis) edition was priced at $89.95 plus shipping. With 307 additional pages, 1995 (List 8) this is still "one of the best values in publication today" and Dr. Nowak is to LIU Jing-yuan & WANG Dun-qing. be congratulated for the fruits of his A new species of Typhlomyopsyllus Li labors. REL et Huang, 1980, from Hubei Prov-ince, China (Siphonaptera: Leptop-syllidae). ❂ ❂ ❂ Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 20: 243- 245. (T. bashanensis) SIPHONAPTERA LITERATURE Although it may not be obvious from 1996 (List 8) the titles, citations included here pertain to fleas and the zoonoses WANG Dun-qing & LIU Jing-yuan. associated with them. No particular A new species of Ceratophyllus from effort has been made to search the Hubei Province (Siphonaptera: Cera- medical and veterinary literature and tophyllidae) Acta Entomologica Sin-ica the emphasis here is on the taxon-omy, 39: 90-93. (C. (C.) wui )
11 the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1997 (List 6) University of Tehran 52: 23-25.
Geevarghese, G., D.T. Mourya, P.S. QI Yi-ming & HE Jin-hou. Morph- Shetty & M.D. Gokhale. Note on the ological description of the larvae of fleas of small mammals in Beed Frontopsylla spadix spadix and their District, Maharashtra State, India. comparison with the larvae of three Journal of Communicable Diseases 29: species of Frontopsylla (Siphonap-tera: 361-362. Leptopsyllidae). Acta Entomol-ogica Sinica 40: 388-392. GONG Zheng-da & FENG Xi-guang. A new species of Palaeopsylla from QI Yi-ming. Comparisons of ester-ase Yunnan, China (Siphonaptera: Hys- isoenzyme of different develop-mental trichopsyllidae). Acta Entomologica stages of three flea species. Acta Sinica 40: 79-81. (P. talpae ) Parasitologica et Medica Entom-ologica Sinica 4: 170-177. GONG Zheng-da, DUAN Xing-de, FENG Xi-guang, XIE Shu, SHANG QI Yi-ming et al. A study on the co- Yu-min DU Bao-han & DUAN Bai-o. mparison of esterase isoenzyme in Small mammals in the Cangshan and different developmental stages of Erhai natural reserves. Zoolog-ical Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild. Journal Research 18: 197-204. of the Guiyang Medical College 22: 326- 328. Larsen, K.S., H. Leirs & J. Ledal. Palatability and toxicity tests of 1998 (List 4) fipronil as a systemic insecticide in a rodenticide bait for rat and flea cont-rol. Anonymous. SWEPAR triennial Acta Parasitológia Portuguesa 5: 32. report 1995-1997. Meddelanden fran Parasitologen No 1998: 2. 51 pp. Larsen, K.S. & A.M. Rasmussen. Fri os lopperne. Rad og Resultater 10: 2-4. Azad, A.F. & C.B. Beard. Rickettsial pathogens and their arthropod vect- LIU Jing-yuan. A new species of ors. Emerging Infectious Diseases 4: Chaetopsylla Kohaut, 1903, from 179-186. Hubei Province, China (Siphonap-tera: Vermipsyllidae). Acta Zootax-onomica Barros-Battesti, D.M., M. Arzua, P. Sinica 40: 82-85. (C. wangi ) M. Linardi, J.R. Botelho & I.J. Sbalq-ueiro. Interrelationships Medvedev, S.G. Host parasite relat- between ectoparasites and wild rodents ionships of fleas (Siphonaptera). II. from Tijucas do Sul, State of Paraná, Entomologicheskoe Obozreni 76: 755- Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo 769. Cruz 93: 719-725.
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