{"title":"NEW ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE VOLE MICROTUS CALIFORNICUS (RODENTIA: CRICETIDAE) AND THE FLEA STENISTOMERA ALPINA (SIPHONAPTERA: HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE)","authors":"C. Conroy, K. Padgett, J. Tucker","doi":"10.1894/0038-4909-66.2.170","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract During mammal surveys at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in the Mojave Desert, we found California voles (Microtus californicus) infested with three flea species including the flea Stenistomera alpina. Collected near the eastern edge of the distribution of the vole and the western edge of the distribution of the flea, this is the first record of S. alpina on California voles, indeed on any Microtus species. Resumen Durante muestreos de mamíferos realizados en la Estación China Lake Naval Air Weapons ubicada en el desierto de Mojave, encontramos ratones de campo Microtus californicus infestados con tres especies de pulgas, incluyendo la especie Stenistomera alpina. Al haber sido colectados cerca del límite este del área de distribución de M. californicus y el límite oeste del área de distribución de S. alpina, este es el primer registro de S. alpina en M. californicus y en cualquier especie de Microtus.","PeriodicalId":51157,"journal":{"name":"Southwestern Naturalist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Southwestern Naturalist","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-66.2.170","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract During mammal surveys at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in the Mojave Desert, we found California voles (Microtus californicus) infested with three flea species including the flea Stenistomera alpina. Collected near the eastern edge of the distribution of the vole and the western edge of the distribution of the flea, this is the first record of S. alpina on California voles, indeed on any Microtus species. Resumen Durante muestreos de mamíferos realizados en la Estación China Lake Naval Air Weapons ubicada en el desierto de Mojave, encontramos ratones de campo Microtus californicus infestados con tres especies de pulgas, incluyendo la especie Stenistomera alpina. Al haber sido colectados cerca del límite este del área de distribución de M. californicus y el límite oeste del área de distribución de S. alpina, este es el primer registro de S. alpina en M. californicus y en cualquier especie de Microtus.
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The Southwestern Naturalist (a publication of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists since 1953) is an international journal (published quarterly) that reports original and significant research in any field of natural history. This journal promotes the study of plants and animals (living and fossil) in the multinational region that includes the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. Appropriate submission of manuscripts may come from studies conducted in the countries of focus or in regions outside this area that report significant findings relating to biota occurring in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. Publication is in English, and manuscripts may be feature articles or notes. Feature articles communicate results of completed scientific investigations, while notes are reserved for short communications (e.g., behavioral observations, range extensions, and other important findings that do not in themselves constitute a comprehensive study). All manuscripts (feature articles and notes) require an abstract in both English and Spanish.