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Dactylopsylla (Foxella) ignota apachina (C. Fox), new combination 



Ceratophyllus apachinus C. Fox, 1914, U. S. Pub. Health Serv. Hyg. Lab. 



Bui. 97 : 14, pi. 5, figs. 1-3. 

 Ceratophyllus ignotus apachinus Jordan and Rothschild, 1915, Ectoparasites 



1 : 56, figs. 59 and 62. 



Type host. — "Prairie dog." 



Type locality.—' :c Apache County, N. Mex." 



Range. — Western part of the United States. 



The type locality of this variety was given as in the State of New 

 Mexico, but since there is no Apache County in New Mexico it is 

 probable that the specimens really came from Apache County, Ariz. 

 In this variety the eighth sternal plate of the male is intermediate 

 in relation to that of the varieties ignota and albertensis. The 

 movable finger of the clasper has three long setae on the posterior 

 margin. 



Dactylopsylla (Foxella) ignota franciscana (Rothschild), new 

 combination 



Ceratophyllus franciscanus Rothschild, 1910, Ent. Monthly Mag. (2) 21: 88, 



pi. 3, figs. 1 and 2. 

 Ceratophyllus ignotus franciscanus Jordan and Rothschild, 1915, Ectoparasites 



1: 58. 



Type host. — Thomomys bottae (Eyd. and Gerv.) (pocket gopher). 



Type locality. — San Francisco, Calif. 



Range. — Known only from California. 



This variety differs from the others in having a shorter process 

 of the clasper and a shorter movable finger. The process of the 

 clasper is about as broad at its base as it is high. 



Dactylopsylla (Foxella) ignota recula (Jordan and Rothschild), 

 new combination 



Ceratophyllus ignotus recula Jordan and Rothschild, 1915, Ectoparasites 1: 58, 

 figs. 59 and 61. 



Type host — Mustela arizonensis (Mearns) (weasel). 



Type locality. — Okanagan Landing, British Columbia. 



Range. — Known only from British Columbia. 



This variety is characterized by having only 16 to 18 spines in the 

 pronotal comb and a broad emargination near the middle of the 

 posterior margin of the movable finger of the clasper. 



Dactylopsylla (Foxella) ignota utahensis (Wagner), new combination 



Foxella ignotus utahensis Wagner, 1936, Ztschr. f. Parasitenk. 8 : 655. 



Type host. — Thomomys sp. (pocket gopher). 



Type locality. — Wellsville, Utah. 



Range. — Known only from Utah. 

 ^ In this variety there are three or four antepygidial bristles on each 

 side of the abdomen, the two lower ones being well developed. The 

 eighth sternal plate of the male is as in Dactylopsylla ignota apachina 

 (Jordan and Kothschild) . 



