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Polygenis (Polygenis) platensis (Jordan & Rothschild) (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae, Rhopalopsyllinae), a new record in Brazil

2005; Springer Nature; Volume: 34; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1519-566x2005000500017

1678-8052

Pedro Marcos Linardi, Valbérico de Albuquerque Cardoso, José Ramiro Botelho, Marcela Lareschi, Thales O. de Freitas,

Zoonotic diseases and public health

Polygenis (Polygenis) platensis s. l. (Jordan & Rothschild) is recorded for the first time from Brazil in the municipalities of Capão da Canoa, Tramandaí and Osório, RS. New host records for this flea include Ctenomys flamarioni (Travi) and Ctenomys minutus (De Blainville). Morphological variations were also observed among the flea specimens collected on the same species of host at the same municipality, evidencing some hybridization between the two subspecies and disabling the determination of the subspecific status. The number of known species of Brazilian Siphonaptera is now 60.