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Frontal tubercle absent. Head divided by a fronto-epicranial groove. Genal 

 comb consisting of 4 spines. Genal process visible above uppermost genal 

 spine. Eyes vestigial, eye area heavily pigmented. Labial palpus consisting 

 or' 4 segments. Pronotum with a comb. Abdominal tergal plate VII produced 

 into a process between the 2 sets of 3 antepygidial bristles. Coxa III without 

 a row or patch of spinelets on the inner surface. Fifth tarsal segment of 

 each leg armed with 4 pairs of lateral plantar bristles and a basal, submedian, 

 ventral pair. 



Corrodopsylla is represented in North America by two described 

 species. 



CORRODOPSYLLA CURVATA CURVATA (Rothschild) 

 (Fig. 8, C) 



Doratopsylla curvata Rothschild. 1915. Ectoparasites 1: 25. figs. 28-29. 

 Corrodopsylla curvata Wagner. 1936. Canad. Ent. 6S : 205. 



Type host. — Blarina brevicauda (Say) (short-tailed shrew). 

 Type locality. — Iowa City. Iowa. 

 Range. — United States and Canada. 



The original description of this subspecies is accompanied by 

 illustrations of the male and female terminalia. 



Corrodopsylla curvata obtusata (Wagner) 



Doratopsylla curvata obtusata Wagner, 1929, Konowia 8: 318. 

 Corrodopsylla curvata obtusata Wagner, 1936, Canad. Ent. 68: 205. 



Type host. — Xot given. 



Type locality. — British Columbia. 



Range. — Known only from British Columbia. 



The original description of this subspecies is based upon two 

 females and is accompanied by an illustration of the female termi- 

 nalia. The male has not yet been described. 



Corrodopsylla jellisoni (Hubbard), new combination 



Doratopsylla jellisoni Hubbard. 1940, Pacific Univ. Bui. 37 (2) : 8, 7 figs. 



Type host. — "Trowbridge shrew. " 



Type locality. — Forest Grove. Oreg. 



Range. — Known only from Oregon. 



This species is closely allied to Corrodopsylla curvata (Roth- 

 schild), from which it may be separated by the genitalia of the 

 male. In C. curvata the anterior of the two processes of the clasper 

 is subequal to the posterior; in C. jellisoni. however, the anterior 

 process is much shorter than the posterior. Male and female para- 

 types of this species deposited in the United States National Museum 

 have been studied by the authors. 



The Genus Doratopsylla Jordan and Rothschild 



(Fig. S, H) 



Doratopsylla Jordan and Rothschild. 1912. Xovitates Zool. 19: 62. Monotypic. 



Type. TyphlopsyUa dasycnemus Rothschild. 

 Stenopsylla Cunha, 1914, Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Mem. 6: 125. Monotypic. Type, 



StenopsyUa cruzi Cunba. 

 TritopsyUa Cunba, 1929, Sci. Med. Rio de Janeiro 7: 349. (Proposed to replace 



Btenopsylla Cunha, 1914, not Stenopsylla Kuwayama, 1909.) 



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