TY - JOUR
T1 - The flea genus Sigmactenus (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae)
T2 - A new species from Timor and new material from New Guinea and the Philippines
AU - Durden, Lance A.
AU - Beaucournu, Jean Claude
PY - 2000/6
Y1 - 2000/6
N2 - Both sexes of Sigmactenus timorensis n. sp. are described from Rattus tanezumi and Rattus exulans collected in West Timor, Indonesia. The true host presumably is a native murine rat such as the extant, endemic Rattus timorensis or 1 of several extinct, endemic Timorese rats. Analyses of new collections of Sigmactenus cavifrons and Sigmactenus toxopeusi from New Guinea demonstrate that these fleas show considerable morphological variation. We propose that they represent a single species with the name S. toxopeusi having priority. New collections of Sigmactenus werneri from the Philippines expand the known hosts and geographical distribution of this flea.
AB - Both sexes of Sigmactenus timorensis n. sp. are described from Rattus tanezumi and Rattus exulans collected in West Timor, Indonesia. The true host presumably is a native murine rat such as the extant, endemic Rattus timorensis or 1 of several extinct, endemic Timorese rats. Analyses of new collections of Sigmactenus cavifrons and Sigmactenus toxopeusi from New Guinea demonstrate that these fleas show considerable morphological variation. We propose that they represent a single species with the name S. toxopeusi having priority. New collections of Sigmactenus werneri from the Philippines expand the known hosts and geographical distribution of this flea.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0033936380
U2 - 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0432:tfgssl]2.0.co;2
DO - 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0432:tfgssl]2.0.co;2
M3 - Article
C2 - 10864236
AN - SCOPUS:0033936380
SN - 0022-3395
VL - 86
SP - 432
EP - 437
JO - Journal of Parasitology
JF - Journal of Parasitology
IS - 3
ER -