A new species and a new record of Nycteridopsylla Oudemans, 1906 (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) from China

Lu Liang; Wu Houyong

doi:10.1023/a:1025543605245

A new species and a new record of Nycteridopsylla Oudemans, 1906 (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) from China

Syst Parasitol. 2003 Sep;56(1):57-61. doi: 10.1023/a:1025543605245.

Authors

Lu Liang¹, Wu Houyong

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai, Beijing, 100071, China.

PMID: 12975622
DOI: 10.1023/a:1025543605245

Abstract

A new species, Nycteridopsylla quadrispina, found on the vespertilionid bat Ia io, is described from China. N. iae Beaucournu & Kock, 1992, a new record for China, was also found on the same host. The new species is distinguished by the presence of four spines on the genal comb and by the shape and chaetotaxy of the head.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Chiroptera / parasitology*
Female
Male
Siphonaptera / anatomy & histology*
Siphonaptera / classification