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Peromyscopsylla catatina (Jordan) 



LeptopsyUa catatina Jordan, 1928, Novitates Zool. 34: 186, fig. 10. 

 Peromyscopsylla catatina I. Fox, 1940, Fleas of Eastern United States, p. 87, 

 pi. 22, figs. 110, 114, and 115. 



Type host. — Didelphis virginiana Kerr (opossum). 

 Type locality. — Rolling Rock Club, Ligonier, Pa. 

 Range. — Eastern part of the United States and Labrador. 



Peromyscopsylla ebrighti (C. Fox) 



LeptopsyUa ebrighti C. Fox, 1926, Pan-Pacific Ent. 2 : 182, figs. 3-4. 

 Peromi/scopsulla ebrighti Jellison and Good, 1942, U. S. Pub. Health Serv. Natl. 

 Inst. Health Bui. 178: 121. 



Type host. — Neotoma fuscipes Baird (wood rat). 

 Type locality. — Los Angeles, Calif. 

 Range. — Known only from California. 



The original description of this species is accompanied by illustra- 

 tions of the male and female terminalia. 



Peromyscopsylla hamifer hamifer (Rothschild) 



Ctenopsyllus hamifer Rothschild, 1906, Canad. Ent. 38: 324, fig. 44. 

 Peromyscopsylla hamifer hamifer Jellison and Good, 1942, U. S. Pub. Health 

 Serv. Natl. Inst. Health Bui. 178 : 121. 



Type host. — Mustela sp. (weasel). 



Type locality. — Blackfalls, Alberta. 



Range. — The species is known from the western part of the United 

 States and Canada, the typical subspecies only from Alberta. 



The original description of this subspecies, which was based on a 

 single male, is accompanied by an illustration of the male terminalia. 

 Xo records of its occurrence have been published since the original 

 description, and the female has not been described. 



Peromyscopsylla hamifer longiloba (Jordan), new combination 



LeptopsyUa hamifer longiloba (Jordan), 3939, Novitates Zool. 41 : 319. 



Type host. — Microtus sp. (meadow mouse). 

 Type locality. — Valdez Creek Trail, 3,500 ft., Alaska. 

 Range. — Known only from Alaska. 



The male of this subspecies is unknown. The original description 

 is accompanied by an illustration of the female terminalia. 



Peromyscopylla hamifer vigens (Jordan) 



LeptopsyUa hamifer vigens Jordan, 1937, Novitates Zool. 40: 265, figs. 47-48. 

 Peromyscopsylla hamifer vigens Jellison and Good, 1942, U. S. Pub. Health Serv. 

 Natl. Inst. Health Bui. 178 : 122. 



Type host. — Microtus sp. (meadow mouse). 

 Type locality. — Kavalli County, Mont. 

 Range. — Known only from Montana. 



The original description of this subspecies is accompanied by illus- 

 trations of the male and female terminalia. 



Peromyscopsylla hesperomys (Baker) 



(Fig. 8, E) 



Ctenopsijllus hesperomys Baker, 1904, U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 27: 428. 

 Peromyscopsylla hesperomys I. Fox, 1939, Wash. Ent. Soc. Proc. 41 : 49. 

 Peromyscopsylla spinifrons I. Fox, 1939, Wash. Ent. Soc. Proc. 41: 48, pi. 6, 

 figs. 1-2. 



