Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 11. (Budapest, 1978)
Parasit. Hun}.. 11. 1978 Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Small Mammals in Western Hungary Dr. Jiri RYBA Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia "Fleas (Siphonaptera) of small mammals in Western Hungary" - Ryba, J. - Parasit. Hung. LLlOl-106. 1978. ABSTRACT. The report presents a faunistical analysis of fleas collected from 306 exemplars of 11 small mammal species in Western Hungary. The 465 flea specimens recovered proved to belong to 13 species. Thirteen flea species were found on small mammals collected during the autumn field excursions in localities Sopron-Tómalom, Fertőboz (Com. Győr-Sopron) and Gic (Com. Veszprém). The list of fleas and the infestation of hosts are reported hereunder. List of flea species HYSTRICHO PSY LLIDAE 1) Hystrichopsylla (Hystrichopsylla) talpae orientális Smit, 1956 2) Rhadinopsylla (Actenophthalmus) strouthali Smit, 1957 3) Rhadinopsylla (Actenophthalmus) pentacantha (Rothschild, 1897) 4) Doratopsylla dasycnema dasycnema (Rothschild, 1897) 5) Palaeopsylla soricis rosickyi Smit, 1960 6) Ctenophthalmus agyrtes bosnicus Wagner, 1930 7) Ctenophthalmus assimilis assimilis (Taschenberg, 1880) 8) Ctenophthalmus solutus solutus Jordan et Rothschild, 1920 LE. PTOPSY LLIDAE 9) Peromyscopsylla fallax (Rothschild, 1909) CERATOPH Y LLIDAE 10) Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus (Bosc, 1800) 11) Malareus (Amalareus) arvicolae (Ioff. 1948) 12) Megabothris turbidus (Rothschild, 1909) 13) Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum (Schrank, 1803) Fleas and their mammalian hosts Hystrichopsylla talpae orientális Smit, 1956 Usually, it occurs on many hosts in the siphonapterium-zone of small subterranean mammals and their nests (but not in great number). In the sample taken it was found occasionaHy on Apodemus flavicoUis, A. sylvaticus, Clethrionomys glareolus and Microtus arvalis.
