[Two new species of Stivalius (Siphonaptera--Pygiopsyllidae--Pygiopsyllinae) from Indonesia].
The fleas, S. meridionalis n. sp. from Timor and S. franciscae n. sp. from Sulawesi, Indonesia are described and illustrated. S. meridionalis was collected in Central Timor (Timor Tengah) at elevations between 930 m and 1,520 m, mainly from the murine rodent Rattus tanezumi, although one specimen was recovered from a house shrew, Suncus murinus. S. franciscae was collected in Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah) at known elevations between 950 m and 2,255 m from six species of native endemic murine rodents, especially Rattus hoffmanni, and from two species of commensal murine rodents. One specimen of S. franciscae was also collected from the native endemic murine Paruromys dominator in North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) at 1,780 m. These two new flea species are compared with the previously described taxa included in the genus Stivalius sensu stricto.
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Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Zoologie appliquée, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Rennes 1, 2 avenue du Prof. Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes, France. jbeaucou@univ-rennes1.fr
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000469:parasitology*; D051381:Rats; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*