Dr. Kassai Tibor - Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 10. (Budapest, 1977)
In the ''Catalogue of the ROTHSCHILD coUection of fleas" it is stated that the main hosts for all subspecies of L. t. taschenbergi are the species of the Apodemus genus. We have found'this flea on various small mammals in very different biotopes, with a gradual vertical distribution from the sea level to alpine and subalpine areas; General distribution: Europe. Widely spread in the southern part of Roumania. 13. AmphipsyUa sibirica (Wagner, 1898) Material: 1 o_, the Gemeni Peak, 24 October, 1967, from Clethrionomys glareolus. As only a single female specimen is available, we cannot state the subspecies. General distribution: in mountain massifs of Western and Central. Europe, Scandinavian peninsula, the USSR (the Urals, Siberia, Altai, Tyan-Shan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizya, Uzbekistan), USA , Canada. 14. Malareus (Am alar eus) arvicolae Ioff, 1948 Material: 1 <?, the Gemeni Peak, 22 October, 1967, from Clethrionomys glareolus, leg. SUCIU; 3 o., Gura Zlata, 24 July, 1971, from C. glareolus; 2 g, Gemenele, 26 July, 1971, from C. glareolus, 1 â, Gemenele, 24 July, 1971, from Pitymys subterraneus, 1 cf, 6 o, Gemenele, 22 July, 1971, from Microtus arvalis, leg. MÉSZÁROS. According to SMIT (1966) in Europe this flea infests Microtinae, especially at high altitudes. On another occasions SUCIU (1973) encountered it also at lower altitudes (Bilcesti-Argest). General distribution: Europe, Groenland. 15. Malareus (Amalareus) penicilliger kratochvili Rosicky, 1955 Material: 1 rjj the Gemeni Peak, 26 October, 1967, from Microtus arvalis 1 cf, 1 g, the Gemeni Peak, 22 October, 1967, from Mustela nivalis. It is a specific parasite of the Microtinae. It is recorded on Mustela nivalis only accidentally, as that host species populates the same biotopes or, in certain cases, the same galleries as the rodents. General distribution: alpine zones of Europe. 16. Megabothris turbidus (Rothschild, 1909) Material: 2 cf] 2 o_, the Gemeni Peak, 22 September, 1967, from Apodemus sylvaticus; 1 çjt, the Gemeni Peak, 25 October, 1967, from Microtus arvalis; 1 d 1 , the Gemeni Peak, 22 October, 1967, • from Mustela nivalis, leg. SUCIU; 1 cf, 1 CJ>, Gura Zlata, 16 July, 1971, from Apodemus sylvaticus, leg. MÉSZÁROS. Our observations show that this flea has a wider range of hosts and a wider vertical distribution but restricted to the subalpine area. General distribution: Europe, Asia and Asia Minor. 17. Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum (Schrank, 1803) Material: 1 o_, the Gemeni Peak, 22 October, 1967, from Mustela nivalis, leg. SUCIU; 2 o_, Gura Zlata, 14 July, 1971, from Apodemus sylvaticus; 1 a) id., 18 July, 1971, from Clethrionomys glareolus, leg. MÉSZÁROS.
