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- <http://www.public. iastate.edu/~ erial to and corresponded with Dr. Karl Jord- entomology/FleaNews/AboutFleaNews. an who was working at the Rothschild Muse- html> or through either Gopher or um at Tring, Hertsfordshire, England. He anonymous FTP: <gopher.ent.ia encouraged her to pursue the study of the fleas of China in addition to her teaching duties. state.edu> in the "Publications" dir- Shortly after the formation of the new ectory. Electronic versions are avail- government in China after World War II able for No. 46, July, 1993; No. 47, administrators in each province were inst- 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