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Micropsylla sectilis (Jordan and Rothschild) 



(Fig. 9, E) 



Rhadinopsylla sectilis Jordan and Rothschild, 1923, Ectoparasites 1: 314, 



fig. 318. 

 Micropsylla peromyscus Dunn, 1923, U. S. Pub. Health Serv. Rpts. 38: 2767. 

 Micropsylla sectilis Jordan, 1937, Novitates Zool. 40: 270. 



Ootype hosts. — Peromyscus sp. and Mas sp. 



Type locality. — Kelowna, British Columbia. 



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



The original description of this species was based on females and 

 is accompanied by a figure of the female terminalia. In 1936 

 Wagner (84, V- ®03) described and illustrated the male. 



The Genus Rectofrontia Wagner and Argyropulo 



(Fig. 9, D) 



Rectofrontia Wagner and Argyropulo, 1934, Ztschr. f. Parasitenk. 7: 230. 

 Type. {Rectofrontia pentactenus Wagner and Argyropulo) —Typhlopsytta 

 pentacanthus Rothschild (by original designation). 



Frontal tubercle acuminate. Head without a fronto-epicranial groove. Genal 

 comb consisting of 5 spines, of which 4 are long and 1, the uppermost, is short. 

 Eyes absent. Labial palpus 5-segmented, last segment with 2 apical setae of 

 which 1 is long and hooklike and the other very short. Pronotum with a comb. 

 Upper sclerite of metepisternum separated from metanotum by internal ridge. 

 Males without antepygidial bristles, females with 2 or 3 on a side. Coxa III 

 with a patch of spinelets on inner surface. Fifth tarsal segment of each leg 

 with 4 pairs of lateral plantar bristles. 



In their description of this genus Wagner and Argyropulo state, "Als 

 Type der Rectofrontia ist pentactenus Rothsch. (1897) zu betrach- 

 ten." This is obviously a lapsus calami, since pentactenus is a bat flea 

 attributed to Kolenati. The name Rectofrontia pentactenus should 

 be attributed to Wagner and Argyropulo. ■ 



The genus Rectofrontia includes but a single North American 

 species. 



Rectofrontia fraterna (Baker) 

 (Fig. 9, D) 



Typhlopsylla fraterna Baker, 1895, Canad. Ent. 27: 189. 



Neopsylla hamiltoni Dunn, 1923, U. S. Pub. Health Serv. Rpts. 38: 2770. 



Rectofrontia fraterna Jordan, 1937, Novitates Zool. 40: 270. 



Type host. — Unknown. 



Type locality. — Brookings, S. Dak. 



Range. — United States and Canada, Reported from British 

 Columbia and Alberta by Holland (29, p. 11) in 1940. 



The female holotype of this species is in the United States Na- 

 tional Museum. The male terminalia were figured by I. Fox (25, p. 

 149) in 1940. 



The Genus Corrodopsylla Wagner 



(Fig. 8, C) 



Corrodopsylla Wagner, 1929, Konowia 8 : 317 ; 1936, Canacl. Ent. 68 : 205. Type, 

 Doratopsylla curvata Rothschild (by present designation). 



Although originally proposed as a subgenus of Doratopsylla 

 Jordan and Rothschild, Corrodopsylla was given generic status by 

 Wagner in 1936. 



