[Presence in France of a selvatic Xenopsylla: X. cunicularis Smit, 1957 (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae), a parasite of wild rabbits].
The authors point out, for the first time in France, a selvatic Xenopsylla: X. cunicularis Smit, 1957, parasite on the European rabbit, well-known in Morocco and Spain until today. The paleogeographical, ecological, and epidemiological interest of this parasite is laid stress on. The other fleas linked to the European rabbit are evoked, and the acclimatization of Euphoplopsyllus glacialis affinis (Baker, 1904), in France and Italy, introduced with its host Sylvilagus? floridanus is related.
D000818:Animals; D005602:France; D011817:Rabbits / Q000469:parasitology*; D005423:Siphonaptera
Présence en France d'une Xenopsylla selvatique: X. cunicularis Smit, 1957 (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae) arasite du lapin de garenne.