flea NEWS 55 Department of Entomology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 versions are available for No. 46, July, 1993; No. 47, December, 1993; No. 48, Table of Contents July, 1994; No. 49, December, 1994; No. 50, June, 1995; No. 51, December, 1995; Flea Species...........................648 No. 52, June, 1996, No. 53, December, Literature .............................651 1996; No. 54, June, 1997 and this number. In late May of 1997, California-based Material Request....................647 Central Garden and Pet Company acquired Miscellanea...........................641 the former Sandoz Agro Inc.'s Animal Health and Pesticide operations, including its flea and tick control manufacturing, research and development facilities in Dallas, TX. The name has since been changed to Wellmark International, and the company has FLEA NEWS is a biannual newsletter exclusive rights to market patented flea devoted to matters involving insects collars, powders and shampoos in the United belonging to the order Siphonaptera (fleas) States and Canada. Corporate offices are and related subjects. It is compiled and situated at 1000 Tower Lane, Suite 245, distributed free of charge by Robert E. Lewis Bensenville, IL 60106 and the following two <[email protected]> in cooperation with consumer hotlines are supported: Specialty the Department of Entomology at Iowa State Products 1 (800) 248 7763 and Zodiac University, Ames, IA, and a grant in aid Products 1 (800): 950 4783. Its Technical from Wellmark International. Services Manager is Dr. Janet A. Lorenz, Flea News is mainly bibliographic in (630) 227 6034. nature. Many of the sources are abstracting journals and title pages and not all citations ❂❉❂❉❂❉❂ have been checked for completeness or accuracy. Additional information will be MISCELLANEA provided upon written or e-mail request. Further, recipients are urged to contribute Following is a report on the Third items of interest to the professon for International Symposium on Fleas, held 15- inclusion herein. 16-October-1997 at Baicheng, Jilin Province, This newsletter is now available in China, filed By Dr. V. S. Ageev, Almaty, electronic format. The preferred method of Kazakhstan. Excluding Dr. Ageev there accessing the electronic version is through the were 12 delegates in attendance, all from WorldWide Web at the following Universal various institutions in China. Tuesday, 14- Resource Locator: <http://www.public. October-1997 was registration, at which all iastate.edu/~entomology/FleaNews/AboutFle participants received copies of the aNews.html> or through either Gopher or presentations, 9 from China (one lacking an anonymous FTP: <gopher.ent.iastate.edu> in English title), 6 from Kazakhstan and 4 from the "Publications" directory. Electronic Russia. In the evening dinner was served in JANUARY 1998 641 the hotel restaurant during which Dr. GAO Evchenko, Yu.M., L.I. Belyavtseva, Chong-hua, Director of the Chinese Centre M.P. Grigoriev, G.M. Grizhebovsky, for Treatment and Prophylaxis of Plague and YANG Gui-rong, B.I. Levchenko, Brucellosis delivered an impromptu speech SONG Zhi-zhong, L.N. Marchukova formally opening the Symposium. & XU Cheng. Specification of Citello- The opening address was delivered philus tesquorum parasitism under the cond- by Dr. GAO Chong-hua and described the itions of central Caucasian plague natural accomplishments of the Chinese Center in focus. pp. 21-22. flea research. The importance of comprehensive studies on the epizootic and Brukhanova, G.D., A.P. Beyer, epidemic potentials of fleas in their natural G.M. Grizhebovsky & I.V. Chuma- plague foci was stressed, and it was kova. The systemic effect of Decis on emphasized that bubonic plague from the Yersinia pestis in the organism of Xeno- bites of infected fleas is still a serious public psylla cheopis. p. 23. health problem in China. The following papers were then either delivered or Kuznetzov, A.A. & A.N. Matrosov. summarized during the scientific session: Investigation of passive migration of fleas by means of individual labeling. pp. 24-32. Ageev, V.S., S.B. Pole & A.A. Sludsky. On the epizootic role of fleas in QI Yi-ming & HE Jing-hou. Morph- the Gissar Range (Tadjikistan). pp. 1-4. ological description of the larvae of two plague vector fleas. pp. 33-38. Antonova, L.N. The flea fauna of the Norway rat occupying new territories. pp. 5- LIU Jun. Inner Mongolia fleas and their 6. vector effects in the epidemiology of plague. pp. 39-44. Serzhan, O.S., A.O. Sheikin & L.N. Antonova. Fauna, taxonomic structure and MA Li-ming. Some physiological and host complexes of fleas in Kazakhstan and environmental factors influencing the feeding Central Asia. pp. 7-10. activities of Neopsylla bidentatiformis and Citellophilus tesquorum sungaris. pp. 45- Sheykin, A.O. Fleas of a few rare mam- 53. mal species in Central Asia. pp. 11-12. ZHANG Rong-guang, WU De-qiang, Necrasova, L.E., A.M. Aikimbaev, ZHANG Hong & DENG Kai-ze. T.V. Meka-Mechenko, V.F. Derno- Species and distribution of vertebrates and vaya, A.G. Dernovoy & I.N. Tsepko. arthropods naturally infected with plague in Ectoparasites of synanthropic and wild rod- the Qinghai-Tibet plateau Marmota ents as possible carriers of microbes patho- himalayana plague focus. pp. 54-59. genic to man. pp. 13-16. LI Zhi-lin, LIANG Jian-ning LIU Serjan, O.S. & A.O. Sheykin. Xan-ming & YIAO Shen-fu. Investig- Ecological and physiological peculiarities of ation of the fleas parasitizing Citellus Xenopsylla in different phases of sunspot alashanicus Büchner and analysis of their cycles and the role of these fleas in the dyna- epidemiology at the Nan-hua mountain area mics of plague epizootics and epidemics. pp. in Ningxia. pp. 60-65. 17-18. LU Miao-gui, QUI Shen-ping, Chumakova, I.V., L.I. Belyavtseva ZHANG Xiao-he & LI Mei-fe. & N.V. Ermolova. To the problem of Description of two new subspecies of fleas of ecological classification in the order Siphon- Ctenophthalmus (Sinoctenophthalmus) found aptera. pp. 19-20. in Zhejiang Province, China. pp. 66-80. FLEA NEWS 642 (Ctenophthalmus (S.) taiwanus zhejiangensis A detailed obituary was published in LU & QUI, Ctenophtalmus (S.) breviproj- Ektoparazity 3: 3-20 (1956) by A. H. iciens zhejiangensis LU, ZHANG & LI) Formozov, and both this and the Darskaya étude contains detailed bibliograpies of his WAN Shen-rong, ZHOU Fang-xiao & works. LIU Xiao-qian. A new subspecies of Oropsylla alaskensis (Siphonaptera: Cerato- ❆❏❆❏❆❏❆ phyllidae). pp. 84-86. (Oropsylla alakesnsis qinghaiensis WANG, Attention is called to the availability of a ZHOU & LIU) cumulative index for volumes 1-10 (1987- 1996) of Medical and Veterinary It was resolved that the Third Entomology. This 34 page compendium International Symposium on Fleas was well was prepared by A.R. Pittaway of CAB organized and a truly successful event in the International and is available, free of charge scientific life of Chinese Medical from: Entomologists. It was also announced that Dr. G. B. White, Editor the Fourth International Symposium on Fleas Medical & Veterinary Entomology would be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in Royal Entomological Society 1999. 105 Breamwater Gardens Ham, Richmond ❋❒❋❒❋❒❋ Surrey TW10 7SG, U.K. Recently, Mrs. N. F. Darskaya, now retired Also, copies of the Proceedings of the and living in Moscow, sent some reprints 4th International Symposium on among which was a 110 page volume entitled Ectoparasites of Pets are now available. "An entertaining essay about the activities and Checks for $25.00 US, made out to the personnel of the antiplague system in Russia Regents of the University of California and the Soviet Union". Most of the volume should be sent to: deals with Mrs. Darskaya's reflections on the Dr. Nancy C. Hinkle contributions of Il'ya Grigor'evich Ioff and Veterinary Entomologist Ol'ga Ivanovna Scalon, two of her colleagues Department of Entomology at the Antiplague Institute of the Caucasus at University of California, Stavropol. Following are the authors, titles Riverside, CA 92521 and pagination of the contents, translated into <[email protected]> American English: Following is a listing of the contents. Darskaya, N.F. 1996. Il'ya Grigor'- Hinkle, N.C. Forward. xiii-xv. evich Ioff (on the 100th anniversary of his birth). pp. 111-205. Donahue, W.A. Jr. History of the symposium on ectoparasites of pets. xvii- Darskaya, N.F. 1996. Ol'ga Ivanovna xviii. Scalon. pp. 206-212. Hinkle, N.C. Ectoparasites of pets. xix- Labuni, N.F. & A.G. Reitblat. xxii. 1996. A study of the life of Ol'ga Ivano- vna Scalon (1905-1980) pp. 213-219. Rust, M.K. Fleas: Their biology, behavior and control. 3-9. Levi, M.I. 1996. Lev Ivanovich Lesh- kovich - fate and life. p. 220. Tacal, J.V. Ectoparasites of pets: The Public Health perspective. 11-13. I. G. Ioff (25-June-1897 * 7-April-1953) was a pioneer in the study of sylvatic plague and its vectors until his death at the age of 56. FLEA NEWS 643 Lobetti, R. & L. Jacobson. Babesia adulticides and insect growth regulators to canis: Presenting features and complications control cat fleas. 47. of the virulent form of the disease. 15-18. Broce, A.B. & M.W. Dryden. Craig, S. Average flea load on dogs and Commercialization of the KSU flea trap. 49- cats over a period of 96 hours after infest- 50. ation with 100 fleas. 19. Meo, N.J., B.B. Dunavent, D.M. Seidman, M. A natural means of insect Keister, P. Jeannin & M.N. Romano. control by suffocation. 21-23. An exploration of factors that may influence flea control in the dog. 51. Thomas, R.E., V.V. Ozols, N. Hausser & G.M. Silver. The biology of Goffaux, V.M. & P.J. Boyd. To count cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, reared on an a flea: a comparative analysis of four in vitro feeding system. 25. experimental techniques. 53-55. Murphey, M., L.