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D7DF16DE2BDADEF44242E789A50F95EE.text	D7DF16DE2BDADEF44242E789A50F95EE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Araeopsylla goodmani Hastriter	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Siphonaptera Ischnopsyllidae</p><p>Araeopsylla goodmani Hastriter sp. n. Figs 1-5, 6-7</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Female distinguished from all other Araeopsylla species by the shape of the caudal margin of S-VII. The caudal margin lacks lobes but has a broad concave margin extending to near the ventral margin which terminates in a right angled lobe. The apex of the lobe has a small sinus (Fig. 6).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Head. Frons smoothly rounded; frontal row of 19 setae, each successively stouter from oral angle to top of falx; more dorsal setae spiniform. Area between margin of frons and frontal row of setae clear, white, without surface structure except at extreme upper limit with one placoid pit. Eight minute setae post-frontal row and group of 10 mixed setae (spiniform, short and long) dorsal to row of eight setae. Of these, one seta adjacent to eye, very stout and long, extending beyond posterior margin of head. Gena darkly sclerotized, tapering to upturned apex. Eye vestigial, dark pigmented area merging with gena. Two genal teeth; anterior most tooth broader and blunter than posterior tooth. Pre-oral tuber divided into three portions; most posterior strongly hooked downward to pointed apex. Falx well demarcated. Post-antennal area with row of six stout setulae along dorsal margin of antennal fossa. Four rows of setae dorsal to setulae (4, 2, 3, 8); posterior main row without intercalaries and ventral four spiniform and grouped together (characteristic of the genus). Occiput with three dorsal incrassations. Antennal scape with a few minute setae. Margin of pedicel with hyaline extension over first three segme1nts of clavus; along margin of hyaline area are five or six fine long setae extending to seventh or eighth segment of clavus. Maxilla truncate; shaped like a trumpet at apex. Labial palpus of five segments (excluding bulbous palp-bearing segment); penultimate segment longer than other segments (all being quite short). Labial palpus extending about half length of fore coxa. Length of maxillary palpus similar to labial palpus. Galea and lacinia shorter than labial palpus (Figs 1-2).</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum with 18-20 ctenidia; all shorter than length of pronotum. Ctenidia tapered to point, but not sharp at apex. Pronotum with main row of setae minute; more anterior scattered small setae and one long ventral seta. Each thoracic tergum with dorsal incrassations. Twelve stout setae grouped over sclerotic dome of pleural rod. Pleural rod merges with sclerotic dome slightly behind middle of dome. Mesosternum truncate; metasternum diminished but oblique along margin. Metanotum with horizontal row of four setae near interface with dorsal incrassations; one short spinelet at dorsal apex. Lateral metanotal area with one short and one long seta. Metepisternum with one long seta at dorsal margin. Four or five stout (nearly spiniform) setae below level of spiracle on metepimeron. Spiracle on metepimeron large and round (Fig. 4).</p><p>Legs. Upper portion of fore coxa very narrow; marginal row of six long setae on upper caudal margin. About 17-18 long lateral setae excluding marginals. All femora lacking lateral or mesal setae. Fore femorotibial joint with one long seta, Meso- and metafemorotibial joints each with two long setae. Lateral surface of fore tibia with six setae; meso- and metatibiae each with eight setae. Dorsal margin of fore tibia with about 10 dorsal notches; meso- (2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2) and metatibiae (2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2) each with eight dorsal notches. From proximal to distal, each succeeding tarsus shorter than preceding segment. Each distitarsomere with five lateral plantar bristles; proximal pair placed between second pair on plantar surface (Fig. 1, 4).</p><p>Unmodified abdominal segments. Spiracles round on T-II-VII; each segment with one dorsal incrassation and heavily pigmented band extending below incrassation. Terga each with one row of three small setae; single dorsal seta separated from two more ventral setae by large gap. One seta of each row located below spiracle. Heavy sclerotization on ventral surface of S-II–VII . Single row of setae on S-II–VI (1, 2, 2, 3, 3). One antesensilial bristle at margin of T-VII; with internal sclerotized incrassation at base of bristle. Two minute setae on each side of antesensilial bristle (Fig. 3).</p><p>Modified abdominal segments. Dorsal portion of T-VIII sclerotized cephalad to trumpet shaped spiracle; all setae below spiracle eight. About 14 setae grouped on apical portion of T-VIII. Caudal margin of S-VII concave to near ventral margin terminating in truncate lobe with small apical sinus. Ventral margin of S-VII with heavy sclerotization; with oblique row of four to six lateral setae (Fig. 6). Sternum eight reduced; without setae. Bursa copulatrix undulate; moderately sclerotized entire length (Fig. 7). Hilla of spermatheca more than twice length of bulga; bulga spherical with cribriform area at ventor. Junction of bulga and hilla hardly distinguishable (Fig. 5).</p><p>Dimensions.</p><p>Female holotype: 2.2 mm, female average: 2.1 mm (n = 3), range: 2.0-2.2 mm.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The new species epithet goodmani is named in honor of its collector, Dr. Steven M. Goodman, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL for his untiring efforts and excellent contributions to the field of mammalogy, specifically for his work on bats and small mammals in Madagascar from which these specimens were obtained.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Although the respective male and female sexes of the two new flea species described in this paper were both collected from the bat genus Chaerephon representing two species [ Chaerephon bivittatus (Heuglin, 1861) from Kenya and Chaerephon jobimena Goodman and Cardiff, 2004 from Madagascar], they do not represent the same species of flea. Chaerephon bivittatus and Chaerephon jobimena are allopatric in their distributions. Although there exists some sexual dimorphism among fleas, these females differ drastically from the male described below as Araeopsylla smiti . Characteristics examined included major differences in the nature of the genal teeth, pre-oral tuber, pronotal comb, shape of the gena, variations in chaetotaxy of head and abdomen, and abdominal incrassations.</p><p>Araeopsylla lumareti Smit, 1958 (known only from the male sex) could potentially represent the male of this new species for which only females are known; however, this is doubtful based on their differences in hosts, morphology, and geographical remoteness. Araeopsylla lumareti is known only from the type locality in Cambodia from "bat guano" opposed to the occurrence of Araeopsylla goodmani in Madagascar from Chaerephon jobimena, which is endemic to Madagascar. The frontal row of setae of males of Araeopsylla lumareti are comprised of "small setae" and the occiput is "without marked dorsal incrassations" (Smit 1958). The frontal row setation of Araeopsylla goodmani range from small setae to spiniform setae, the occiput is with marked dorsal incrassations, and the first genal tooth is much broader than that of Araeopsylla lumareti . Based on these observations, I am confident that the male of Araeopsylla lumareti does not represent the male counter-part of Araeopsylla goodmani . Additional collecting of fleas from Lagaropsylla jobimena in Madagascar and from the temple of Angkor-Vat in Cambodia is needed to discover the males of Araeopsylla goodmani and the females of Araeopsylla lumareti .</p><p>Several species of the bat genus Chaerephon have yielded several bat flea species of the genus Lagaropsylla (Beaucournu 2004, Beaucournu and Fain 1983, Beaucournu and Fontenille 1993, Beaucournu and Kock 1994a, and Klein and Uilenberg 1966), but this is the first record of Araeopsylla collected from the bat genus Chaerephon throughout Madagascar or tropical Africa.</p><p>Type material examined.</p><p>Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Province: Isalo, 3.8 km NW Ranohira, along Namaza River (22°32'24"S, 45°22'48"E), Chaerephon jobimena ♂, 1 XII 2002, SMG, (SGM-13344-1, holotype ♀, SGM-13344-2, paratype ♀, FMNH) (SGM-13344-3, paratype ♀, BYUC).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D7DF16DE2BDADEF44242E789A50F95EE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Hastriter, Michael W.	Hastriter, Michael W. (2016): Description of two new species of bat fleas of the genus Araeopsylla (Siphonaptera) from Kenya and Madagascar with notes on miscellaneous bat fleas. ZooKeys 572: 7-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823
E640337DF7F25DD8BA52CDA64245289A.text	E640337DF7F25DD8BA52CDA64245289A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Araeopsylla smiti Hastriter	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Siphonaptera Ischnopsyllidae</p><p>Araeopsylla smiti Hastriter sp. n. Figs 8-13</p><p>Diagnosis .</p><p>Distinguished from all other species of Araeopsylla by the details of the telomere and distal arm of S-IX. The telomere is acutely pointed at apex and has a broadly rounded lobe along its ventral margin (Fig. 10). The ventral lobe at the base of the distal arm of S-IX that is present in other Araeopsylla species is short, pencil-like and without an expanded lobe at its apex. The ventral lobe of the new species is drastically longer and adorned with an ornate apical lobe (Fig. 11). The eighth sternum, unlike all other species, has a lobe (paired) with tufts of long, coarse setae (Fig. 11).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Head. Margin of frons gradually thickened from falx to oral angle. Frontal row of 9-10 minute setae. Area between frons and frontal row of setae with small punctate structures and two placoid pits. Area between frons and frontal row not white or clear, but moderately sclerotized. One placoid pit postad to frontal row of setae near base of genal tooth. Seven to eight minute setae postad to frontal row; group of 6-7 variable sized setae near ventral margin of antennal fossa. Eye fused into darkly sclerotized genal lobe. Genal lobe tapered and broadly rounded at apex; with minute apical tooth. Setae in occipital area rather randomly arranged. Five setulae along dorsal margin of antennal fossa; each as long as other randomly arranged setae in occipital area. Two small setae postad to antennal fossa in position of what is usually 4-5 spiniform setae in other Araeopsylla species. Apex of scape enlarged; three long setae along upper margin and three marginal setae at apex. Pedicel with several fine setae along apical margin; none extending beyond first segment of antenna. Clavus asymmetrical; not extending beyond margin of head. Five segmented labial palpus extended to 1/3 length of fore coxa. Proximal segment of five segmented labial palpus rather bulbous in form (Fig. 8).</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum with 26 ctenidia; each acutely pointed and only slightly shorter than length of pronotum. Setae on pronotum randomly arranged. Two dorsal and two ventral pseudosetae under mesonotal collar. Metanotum with three rows of setae; two marginal short, stout spinelets at dorsal apex of sclerite. Pleural rod nearly centrally attached to sclerotic dome. Ventral portion of metasternum lobed downward between coxae. Pleural arch absent. Metepisternum with squamulum and one long seta at dorsal margin. Metepimeron with nine setae; spiracle large and round.</p><p>Legs . Fore coxa with ~40 lateral setae. Fore femur with 2 minute setae on mesal surface; none on lateral surface. Mesal surface of mesotibia with single row of five setae; multiple setae on lateral surface. Mesal surface of metatibia with single row of seven setae; multiple setae on lateral surface. Meso- and metatibiae with five well defined notches; two setae at each. Multiple single setae interspersed along margins between defined notches. Each tarsal segment longer than adjacent more distal segments on meso- and metatarsi. Five lateral plantar bristles on all distitarsomeres; first pair displaces between second pair. Two pre-apical plantar bristles on each distitarsomere (Figs 12-13).</p><p>Unmodified abdominal segments. Single spinelet on apex of T-I. Globular sclerotized incrassation at base of each terga ( T-I–VII). Pigmented banding extends slightly ventrally from each incrassation. Each terga with single uninterrupted row of setae; one seta below level of each round spiracle. Single long antesensilial bristle. Ventral margin of each sternite is heavily sclerotized. Sternites II–III with one minute seta in row; S-IV–VI with two minute setae in each row.</p><p>Modified abdominal segments. Basimere without lobes or sinuses. Telomere with large lobe on lower ventral margin; a few fine setae along ventral margin of telomere above lobe. Tergum VIII encompassing basimere and telomere with all setae restricted to dorsal half of sclerite (Fig. 10). Sternum VIII with large lobe bearing tuft of long coarse setae. Crescent sclerite of aedeagus long, thin, and inverted so tectum is directed cephalad. Sclerotized inner tube straight, somewhat broad. Crochet with prominent truncate upper lobe and sharp ventral lobe. Distal arm of S-IX with sigmoid lobe similar to many bat species, but what is usually a small pencil-like lobe in other species, this lobe is greatly extended and expanded at its apex. The expansion bears two small setae at base of expansion, two setae on apico-dorsal surface, and one seta on ventral margin of expansion. A group of very fine hairs adorns the base of the ventral lobe of the distal arm of S-IX (Figs 9-11).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Mr. F.G.A.M. Smit, during his long tenure at the British Museum, London was without doubt, a major contributor to our knowledge of the global flea fauna. It is thus fitting to name this flea smiti in his honor as a noun in apposition.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>This is the first record of the genus Araeopsylla occurring in Kenya, although the genus has been recorded throughout tropical Africa.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype ♂, Kenya, Rift Valley, Maji Moto, 4.8 km W of Lake Harrington (00°16'00"S, 03°6'04 "E), Chaerephon bivittatus (USNM Host 437-287), 25 VIII 1968, BJH-5634.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E640337DF7F25DD8BA52CDA64245289A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Hastriter, Michael W.	Hastriter, Michael W. (2016): Description of two new species of bat fleas of the genus Araeopsylla (Siphonaptera) from Kenya and Madagascar with notes on miscellaneous bat fleas. ZooKeys 572: 7-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823
FC358DBC263118B426452CCAD6091A69.text	FC358DBC263118B426452CCAD6091A69.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Araeopsylla martialis (Rothschild 1903) Rothschild 1903	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Siphonaptera Ischnopsyllidae</p><p>Araeopsylla martialis (Rothschild, 1903)</p><p>Ceratophyllus martialis Rothschild, 1903</p><p>Ischnopsyllus martialis Rothschild, 1906: 187-188</p><p>Araeopsylla martialis Jordan &amp; Rothschild, 1921: 146; Hopkins and Rothschild 1956: 323-325; Lumaret 1962: 12; Klein and Uilenberg 1966: 53; Beaucournu and Fain 1983: 458, 460, 465; Beaucournu and Fontenille 1993: 79; Lewis 2006: 44: Marcus 1961: 190.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Although Araeopsylla is generally collected only in very small numbers across its range, Araeopsylla martialis is exceptional. Sixty-seven individual Mormopterus jugularis specimens yielded one or more specimens of Araeopsylla martialis . These were collected in three provinces of Madagascar (Fianarantosa, Toamasina, and Toliara). A total of 158 (64♂, 94♀) specimens were harvested from the 67 specimens of Mormopterus jugularis, yielding a flea intensity of 2.4. One male specimen of Araeopsylla martialis was collected from Rousettus madagascarensis . Other species of bats did not harbor Araeopsylla martialis . Its occurrence on a Rousettus sp. is likely an accidental association.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>(BYUC). Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Province: Fianarantsoa église FLM (21°27'32"S, 47°04'36"E), 1190 m, Mormopterus jugularis ♂, 18 XI 2004, FHR, 1♂, 1♀.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FC358DBC263118B426452CCAD6091A69	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Hastriter, Michael W.	Hastriter, Michael W. (2016): Description of two new species of bat fleas of the genus Araeopsylla (Siphonaptera) from Kenya and Madagascar with notes on miscellaneous bat fleas. ZooKeys 572: 7-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823
61C54EB639833BD07A00F1C7250F0AC6.text	61C54EB639833BD07A00F1C7250F0AC6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dampfia grahami subsp. grahami (Waterston 1915) Waterston 1915	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Siphonaptera Ischnopsyllidae</p><p>Dampfia grahami grahami (Waterston, 1915)</p><p>Ischnopsyllus grahami Waterston, 1915: 115; Bedford 1932: 462.</p><p>Dampfia grahami grahami Smit 1954: 148-149; Smit 1955: 215-216; Hopkins and Rothschild 1956: 312; Marcus 1961: 184-187; Beaucournu 2004: 205.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>A total of 15 specimens (8♂, 7♀) was collected from four specimens of the Malagasy endemic Neoromicia matroka (Thomas &amp; Schwann, 1905). This flea is not commonly collected and the only known existing records include the holotype ♂ from Eptesicus capensis = Neoromicia capensis (A. Smith, 1829) from Cape Town, South Africa, 3♀ specimens from Natal, and 2♀ from Orange Free State, South Africa (bat host species undetermined). Neoromicia capensis is widely spread across sub-Saharan Africa. Although not found in Madagascar, Goodman et al. (2012) considered Neoromicia capensis to be the closest ally and sister group to Neoromicia matroka . The current specimens represent a new country and host record and substantially increase the known number of specimens available for study. The hosts for Dampfia are thus far restricted to the family Vespertilionidae .</p><p>Material examined</p><p>(BYUC). Madagascar, Toamasina Province: Andasibe, Ankazinina (18°56'38"S, 48°24'46"E), 970 m, Eptesicus matroka (Thomas &amp; Schwann, 1905) (RHF-58), 18 IX 2004, FHR, 1♀.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/61C54EB639833BD07A00F1C7250F0AC6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Hastriter, Michael W.	Hastriter, Michael W. (2016): Description of two new species of bat fleas of the genus Araeopsylla (Siphonaptera) from Kenya and Madagascar with notes on miscellaneous bat fleas. ZooKeys 572: 7-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823
36617CFFF0C930E4E85B0A59B247C7BD.text	36617CFFF0C930E4E85B0A59B247C7BD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lagaropsylla consularis Smit 1957	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Siphonaptera Ischnopsyllidae</p><p>Lagaropsylla consularis Smit, 1957</p><p>Lagaropsylla consularis Smit, 1957: 167, 1958: 242; Marcus 1961: 201; Smit 1968: 13; Hubbard 1969: 55; Ribeiro 1974: 143; Beaucournu and Fain 1983: 454-455; Beaucournu and Guiguen 1991: 129; Beaucournu and Fontenille 1993: 80; Beaucournu and Kock 1994b: 199, 1996: 164; Beaucournu 2004: 206; Lewis 2006: 48.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Lagaropsylla consularis has been reported previously in Madagascar and is among the more common species in the genus, primarily parasitizing Chaerephon pumilus . Chaerephon pumilus has a broad range from Yemen to Senegal, south to South Africa and Madagascar. Neoromicia somalicus (Thomas, 1901) from which Lagaropsylla consularis was collected in Kenya, is also found in Madagascar. Reported primarily on molossid bats, Lagaropsylla consularis has also been documented on hipposiderid and vespertilionid bats (Beaucournu 2004 and Smit 1957).</p><p>Material examined</p><p>(BYUC). Kenya: Rift Valley, Maji Moto, Neoromicia somalicus (USNM-436733), 23 XIII 1968, BJH-5592, 2♂, 2♀. Madagascar, Toamasina Province: Beforona, Bureau de Poste (18°53'21"S, 48°34'39"E), 560 m, Chaerephon pumilus ♂ (RHF-84), 21 IX 2004, FHR, 1♂, 1♀; same data except Anjiro village (18°53'40.31"S, 47°58'24.06"E), Chaerephon pumilis ♂ (RHF-502), 5 II 2005, 1♂, 1♀.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/36617CFFF0C930E4E85B0A59B247C7BD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Hastriter, Michael W.	Hastriter, Michael W. (2016): Description of two new species of bat fleas of the genus Araeopsylla (Siphonaptera) from Kenya and Madagascar with notes on miscellaneous bat fleas. ZooKeys 572: 7-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823
F698E58997006DC167813CBCBB158B12.text	F698E58997006DC167813CBCBB158B12.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lagaropsylla hoogstraali Smit 1957	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Siphonaptera Ischnopsyllidae</p><p>Lagaropsylla hoogstraali Smit, 1957</p><p>Lagaropsylla hoogstraali Smit, 1957: 171-172, 1964: 44.</p><p>Lagaropsylla traubi Klein, 1967: 127-131; Smit and Wright 1978: 41; Lewis and Lewis 1990: 156. (Synonym).</p><p>Lagaropsylla hoogstraali Ribeiro, 1974: 144; Beaucournu and Fain 1983: 455; Beaucournu and Fontenille 1993: 79-80; Beaucournu 2004: 207; Lewis 2006: 48.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Lagaropsylla hoogstraali has been documented in Angola, Rwanda, Sudan, Zaire and Madagascar. Although there are few collections of this flea, most have been collected from Mops midas (Sundevall, 1843), a broadly distributed bat in continental Africa and Madagascar. Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2007) concluded that the subspecific populations of Mops midas in continental Africa and Madagascar were invalid. The flea Lagaropsylla hoogstraali occurring on Mops midas in both regions would support the conclusions of Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2007).</p><p>Material examined</p><p>(BYUC). Madagascar, Mahajanga Province: Ambondromamy, Cite de la Gendarmerie (16°26'03"S, 47°09'26"E), 50 m, Mops midas miarensis = Mops midas ♀ (RHF-823), 13 III 2005, FHR, 1♂; same data except Mops midas ♂ (RHF-824), 1♂; and Mops midas ♂ (RHF-825), 1♀. Toliara Province: Sakaraha, EPP (22°54'26"S, 44°31'48"E). 480 m, Mops midas ♂ (RHF-262), 20 X 2004, FHR, 1♀.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F698E58997006DC167813CBCBB158B12	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Hastriter, Michael W.	Hastriter, Michael W. (2016): Description of two new species of bat fleas of the genus Araeopsylla (Siphonaptera) from Kenya and Madagascar with notes on miscellaneous bat fleas. ZooKeys 572: 7-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823
C7E0290F1D92A362523D7CE17B9FEA7B.text	C7E0290F1D92A362523D7CE17B9FEA7B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lagaropsylla idae Smit 1957	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Siphonaptera Ischnopsyllidae</p><p>Lagaropsylla idae Smit, 1957</p><p>Lagaropsylla idae Smit, 1957: 165-167; Marcus 1961: 196-199; Smit 1964: 44; 1968: 13-14.</p><p>Lagaropsylla setzeri Segerman, 1970: 3-5; Smit and Wright 1978: 43; Lewis and Lewis 1990: 139. (Synonym)</p><p>Lagaropsylla idae Ribiero, 1974: 144; Beaucournu and Fain 1983: 455; Beaucournu and Guiguen 1991: 129; Beaucournu and Kock 1994b: 199, 1996: 164; Beaucournu 2004: 207; Lewis 2006: 48.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Beaucournu (2004) suggested that Mops condylurus (A. Smith, 1833) is the principle host of Lagaropsylla idae . Specimens of Lagaropsylla idae in my collection from Ghana and Kenya were also collected from Mops condylurus . This host is widely distributed across Africa but is not found in Madagascar. Mops leucostigma, endemic to Madagascar, is very closely allied to the mainland species Mops condylurus . A total of 147 specimens (64♂, 83♀) to include those listed in the "Materials examined" section below and those preserved in alcohol in the FMNH was collected from 28 specimens of Mops leucostigma, yielding a flea intensity of 5.3 fleas per host. An average of 5+ fleas per host is a very high flea intensity for any bat flea, as bat fleas in general, are usually found in extremely low numbers. Mops leucostigma is the preferred host of Lagaropsylla idae in Madagascar and it was not collected from any other bat species in Madagascar.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>(BYUC). Ghana, Eastern Region: Teshi, Accra Plains (05°34"N, 00°00'6"W), Mops condylurus (USNM-412535), 26 XI 1967, CBR-1931, 2♂; Volta, Denu (06°06'N, 00°10'9"E), Mops condylurus (USNM-412667), 31 VIII 1967, AK-138, 1♂, 1♀. Kenya, Eastern Region: Mtoto Andei (02°41'S, 03°8'08"E), Chaerephon pumilus (Cretzschmar, 1830) (USNM-437019), 9 VII 1968, BJH-4846, 1♂; same data except Mops condylurus (USNM-437225), BJH-4844, 1♀; Kiboko (02°12'S, 03°7'42"E), Mops condylurus (USNM-437181), 4 VII 1968, BJH-4684, 1♂. Kenya, Rift Valley: Maji Moto, Nycticeinops schlieffeni (Peters, 1859) (USNM-436774), 24 VIII 1968, BJH-5610, 1♂, 2♀. Madagascar, Toamasina Province: Andasibe, Bureau du Poste (18°55'18"S, 48°25'18"E), 950 m, Mops leucostigman ♂ G.M. Allen, 1918 (RHF-13), 14 IX 2004, FHR, 1♀; Anjiro, Andranoalina (18°52'57"S, 47°58'15"E), 850 m, Mops leucostigma ♂ (RHF-532), 7 II 2005, FHR, 1♂. Toliara Province: Sakaraha, Bureau Eau et Forets (22°54'34"S, 44°31'20"E), 470 m, Mops leucostigma ♂ (RHF-202), 15 X 2004, FHR, 1♀, same data except Mops leucostigma ♀ (RHF-206), 1♂; Andranovory, Hòpital (23°08'37"S, 44°08'41"E), 500 m, Mops leucostigma ♂ (RHF-179), 13 X 2004, FHR, 1♂, same data except Mops leucostigma ♂ (RHF-181), 1♀.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C7E0290F1D92A362523D7CE17B9FEA7B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Hastriter, Michael W.	Hastriter, Michael W. (2016): Description of two new species of bat fleas of the genus Araeopsylla (Siphonaptera) from Kenya and Madagascar with notes on miscellaneous bat fleas. ZooKeys 572: 7-21, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.572.7823
