Stenoponia americana, Baker, 1899

Morrone, Juan J. & Acosta, Roxana, 2006, A synopsis of the fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) parasitizing New World species of Soricidae (Mammalia: Insectivora), Zootaxa 1354, pp. 1-30 : 17

S. americana ( Baker, 1899)

Hystrichopsylla americana Baker, 1899: 37 . Stenoponia wetmorei Chapin, 1919: 52 .

Stenoponia americana Jordan, 1937:285 .

Distribution. Canada, USA, and Mexico.

Hosts. Blarina brevicauda , B. carolinensis , and Sorex cinereus . Other hosts. Didelphimorphia : Didelphis virginiana . Insectivora ( Talpidae ): Scalopus aquaticus . Rodentia : Clethrionomys gapperi , Microtus ochrogaster , M. o. minor , M. pennsylvanicus , M. pinetorum , M. richardsoni arviculoides , Microtus sp., Peromyscus gossypinus , P. leucopus , and P. l. noveboracensis ( Wilson, 1957; Benton & Kelly, 1975; Hopkins & Rothschild, 1962; McCay, 2001; Salceda­Sánchez & Hastriter, 2006).