Kocherova N.A.1, Bespyatova L.A.1, Medvedev S.G.2, Bugmyrin S.V.1 2023. Fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) of small mammals of Karelia and Murmanskaya Oblast of Russia from the collection of the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS Museum, Petrozavodsk, Russia // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.22. No.5: 277–283 [in English].
1 Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushkinskaya Str. 11, 185910 Petrozavodsk Russia. E-mail: sbugmyr@mail.ru
2 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab. 1, Saint Petersburg 199034 Russia. E-mail: Sergei.Medvedev@zin.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.22.05.10
ABSTRACT. The fauna of fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitizing small mammals was analyzed using collections from a field study undertaken during 1950–1962. Samples were collected from 19 sites in the Republic of Karelia and 2 sites in Murmanskaya Oblast. In total, 4093 individual fleas were examined; 22 species belonging to four families were identified, namely Hystrichopsyllidae (9), Ceratophylloidae (9), Leptopsyllidae (3) and Ischnopsyllidae (1). Feeders (hosts) are represented by 18 species of four orders: 5 on insectivores (Eulipotyphla), 11 on rodents (Rodentia), 1 on a bat (Chiroptera) and 1 on a carnivore (Carnivora). The data obtained from the collection have extended our knowledge of the species diversity of fleas on small mammals of the Republic of Karelia and Murmanskaya Oblast.
KEY WORDS: parasites, fleas, species diversity, rodents, insectivores, Northwest Russia.