Siphonaptera of small rodents and marsupials in the Pedra Branca State Park, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In an region of Atlantic Rainforest corresponding to the geopolitical area of the Pedra Branca State Park, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, 160 small mammals were captured, of which 64 rodents and 96 marsupials from October 2005 to October 2007. There were collected in these hosts six flea species from three families (Ctenophthalmidae, Rhopalopsyllidae and Pulicidae), totalizing 162 specimens. Adoratopsylla (Tritopsylla) intermedia intermedia was the most common species found, followed by Polygenis (Polygenis) occidentalis occidentalis. Philander frenatus and Micoureus paraguayanus were reported as new hosts to Adoratopsylla (Tritopsylla) intermedia intermedia and P. o. occidentalis was reported for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Oliveira
Heloiza H
HH
Post-Graduate Program in Environmental and Forestry Sciences, Instituto de Florestas, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro-UFRRJ.
Almeida
Adilson B
AB
Carvalho
Raimundo W
RW
Gomes
Valmir
V
Serra-Freire
Nicolau M
NM
Quinelato
Igor
I
Carvalho
Acácio G
AG
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000469:parasitology*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D005423:Siphonaptera