THE FLEAS OF NORTH AMERICA 87 



Range. — Western part of the United States. 



The original description of this species is accompanied by illustra- 

 tions of the male and female genitalia. 



Meringis parkeri Jordan 



Meringis parkeri Jordan, 1937, Npvitates Zool. 40: 269, figs. 54-55. 



Type host. — Dipodomys sp. (kangaroo rat). 

 Type locality. — Ravalli County. Mont. 

 Range. — Known only from Montana. 



The original description of this species is accompanied by illustra- 

 tions of the male and female terminalia. 



Meringis shannoni (Jordan) 



Phalacropsylla shannon! Jordan, 1929, Novitates Zool. 35: 38, pi. 2, figs. 28-29. 

 Meringis shannoni Jordan, 1987, Novitates Zool. 40: 369-370. 



Cotype hosts. — "Field mice." 

 Type locality. — Ritzville, Wash. 

 Range. — Known only from Washington. 



The original description of this species is accompanied by illus- 

 trations of the male terminalia and of the female receptaculum seminis. 



The Genus Stenoponia Jordan and Rothschild 



(Fig. 9, A) 



Stenoponia Rothschild, 1911, [London] Zool. Soc. Proc, p. 391. Type, Eystricho- 

 psijlia tripectinata Tiraboschi (by original designation). 



Genal comb consisting of many long, slender spines. Eyes absent. Labial 

 palpus short, consisting of 2 segments, not extending much beyond apex of 

 maxilla. Pronotum with a comb consisting of numerous long, slender spines. 

 Abdominal tergal plate I with a comb of many long, slender spines. Abdominal 

 tergal plates II to V with rows of many apical spines. Antepygidial bristles 

 present. Females normally with only 1 receptaculum seminis. Fifth tarsal 

 segment of each leg with 4 pairs of lateral plantar bristles and a basal, ventral, 

 submedian pair. Length, 4 or 5 mm. 



The labial palpus in the members of this genus is usually described 

 as having but one segment. The writers, however, are of the opinion 

 that this structure consists of two segments, and present an illustra- 

 tion (fig. 9, A) , which was drawn from a dissected specimen. Wagner 

 (86, p. IS) in 1939 published an illustration of the head of a Steno- 

 ponia in which the structure they believe to be the first segment of 

 the labial palpus is labeled the labium. 



Stenoponia Americana (Baker) 



(Fig. 9, A) 



Hystrichopsylla americana Baker, 1899, Ent. News 10: 37. 

 Stenoponia americana Rothschild, 1915, Ectoparasites 1: 30. 

 Stenoponia, wetmorei Chapin, 1919, Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bui. 14 : 52. 



Type host. — Evotomys sp. (red-backed mouse). 



Type locality. — Orono, Maine. 



Range. — Eastern part of the United States. 



This species has been redescribed and figured by I. Fox (25, p. 81). 



