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Epitedia inopina (Rothschild), new combination 



Neopsylla inopina Rothschild, 1915, Ectoparasites 1 : 30, figs. 32-33. 



Type host. — Citellus richardsonii (Sab.) (ground squirrel). 



Type locality. — Calgary, Alberta. 



Range. — Western part of the United States and Canada. 



In this species the fifth segment of tarsi I and II has the basal pair 

 of plantar bristles shifted ventrally but not so close to the median 

 line as in the other species of Epitedia. Hence it is possible that 

 this species goes into Neopsylla s. str., but without a close study of the 

 type species of Neopsylla its true status cannot be ascertained. 



Epitedia jordani Hubbard 



Epitedia jordani Hubbard, 1940, Pacific Univ. Bui. 37 (2): 10, 5 figs. 



Type host. — Nest of "Trowbridge's shrew." 



Type locality. — Newberg, Oreg. 



Range. — Oregon and Washington. 



This species and Epitedia stewarti are distinguished from the other 

 members of the genus by having the process of the clasper un- 

 divided. E. stewarti and E. jordani may be separated by the struc- 

 ture of the terminalia, which have been illustrated in the original 

 descriptions. 



Epitedia scapani (Wagner), new combination 



Neopsylla scapani Wagner, 1936, Ztschr. f. Parasitenk. 8: 657. 



Type host. — Scapanus orarius True (mole). 



Type locality. — Vancouver, British Columbia. 



Range. — Known only from British Columbia. 



George P. Holland has indicated in personal correspondence that 

 this species belongs in Epitedia rather than in Neopsylla. It is based 

 upon two male specimens. The female has not been described. 



Epitedia stewarti Hubbard 



Epitedia stewarti Hubbard, 1940, Pacific Univ. Bui. 37 (2) : 11, 6 figs. 



Cotype hosts. — "Pacific shrews." 



Type locality. — Smith Kiver, Calif. 



Range. — Recorded only from California. 



Hubbard, in his original description of this species, states that it 

 differs from Epitedia jordani primarily in the shape of sternal plate 

 IX in the male and sternal plate VII in the female. 



Epitedia testor (Rothschild) 



Neopsylla testor Rothschild, 1915, Ectoparasites 1: 34, fig. 3G. 

 Epitedia testor Jordan, 1938, Novitates Zool. 41: 124. 



Type host. — "N.est (of a mouse)." 



Type locality. — Lansingburgh, N. Y. 



Range. — Known only from the type locality. 



The original description of this species is based upon a single fe- 

 male and is accompanied by a figure of the female terminalia. The 

 male is unknown. 



