NOTES 
Arthropods of Potential Medical and Veterinary 
Importance from Ponape, Caroline Islands 
The list presented here is based on a collection 
made by the writer on the island of Ponape 
during January and February, 1948. 
Mites 
Trouessartia rosterii Berlese; host — starling 
( Aplonis opaca ponapensis) . Myocoptes mus- 
culinus ( Koch ) ; host — mouse. Radfordia affinis 
(Poppe); host — mouse. Echinolaelaps echidni- 
nus ( Berlese ); host — rat. Laelaps nuttalli Hirst; 
host — rat. 
Ticks 
Boophilus sp., probably B. annulatus australis 
(Fuller) previously reported by Alicata (1948, 
Pacific Sci. ) ; host — dairy cow. Amblyomma sp.; 
host — domestic pig. 
Sucking lice 
Pediculus humanus var. capitus Degeer. Hae- 
matopinus adventicius Newm.; host — domestic 
pig- 
Biting lice 
Lipeums caponis (L.), Menopon gallinae 
(L.), and Oxylipeurus angularis Peters; host — 
wild chicken (Gallus gallus) . Actornithophilus 
epiphanes (K. & Ch.); host — tern ( Anous sto- 
lidus pileatus). Myrsidea sp.; host — starling 
(. Aplonis opaca ponapensis ) . 
Biting midge 
Culicoides esakii Tokunaga. Annoying in the 
forests of the interior. 
Mosquitoes 
Aedes aegypti (L.); Aedes sp.; Aedes sp.; 
Culex quinquefasciatus Say; Culex annulirostris 
Skuse; Culex sp. (See paper by Knight and 
Hurlbut in Jour. W ashingt on Acad. Sci., 1949, 
in press.) 
Filth-frequenting flies 
Qlorysomya megacephala (F.) ; Chrysomya 1 
rufifacies (Macq.); Chrysomya (Micro colli- 
phora ) nigripes Aub.; Hemipyrellia tagaliana 
(Big.); Musca domestica L.; Musca sorbens | 
Wd.; Ophyra nigra (Wd.) ; Ophyra chalcogaster 
(Wd.); Sarcophaga peregrina (R.D.); Sarco- 
phaga knabi Pk. 
Biting flies 
Stomoxys calcitrans (L.); Siphona irritans i 
(D. 
Parasitic flies 
Ornithoctona plicata (Olfers); host — pigeon 
( Ducula oceanica townsendi ) . Ornithoica pu- 
silla ( Schin. ) ; hosts — wild chicken (Gallus 
gallus) and starling (Aplonis opaca ponapen- 
sis). Cyclopodia sp.; host — fruit bat. 
Fleas 
Ctenocephalides canis (Bouche); hosts — dog, 
pig, goat. 
I wish to acknowledge, with thanks, the as- 
sistance of individuals who made identifica- 
tions of the above material: mites, E. W. Baker; 
fleas and lice, C. F. W. Muesebeck; parasitic 
flies and biting midge, Alan Stone; filth-fre- 
quenting flies, C. W. Sabrosky; birds, Plerbert 
Friedman. Also I wish to express my apprecia- 
tion for the assistance given by John I. Thomas, 
Chief Hospitalman, U. S. Navy, in collecting 
the material and preparing the vertebrate speci- 
mens . — Herbert S. Hurlbut, Commander, MSC, 
USN, Naval Medical Research Institute, Be- 
th esda, Maryland. 
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