A review of the North American species of Oropsylla Wagner and Ioff, 1926 (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae: Ceratophyllinae).
The North American species of the flea genus Oropsylla are reviewed and their host/parasite relationships and distribution are discussed, as well as their role in the maintenance and transmission of sylvatic plague. Keys to the subgenera and species are presented and illustrations of their diagnostic characteristics are included.
Lewis
Robert E
RE
Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3222, USA.
D000818:Animals; D002965:Classification; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D009656:North America; D010930:Plague / Q000635:transmission*; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000472:pathogenicity*