APPENDIX B
Reading edition
A LIST OF BRITISH FLEAS AND THEIR HOSTS
A list of the British Fleas (Siphonaptera) revised to March 1913:
Names Usual Hosts
Pulex, L.
P. irritans Man, Badger
Xenopsylla, Glink.
X. cheopis, Rothsch. Rat
Archæopsylla, Dampf
A. erinacei, Bouché Hedgehog
Ctenocephalus, Kolen
C. canis, Curt. Dog
C. felis, Bouché Cat
Spilopsyllus, Baker
S. cuniculi, Dale Rabbit
Ornithopsylla, Rothsch.
O. lætitiæ, Rothsch. Puffin and Manx shearwater (Scilly Is. only)
Ceratophyllus, Kolen
C. fasciatus, Bosc. Rat
C. londiniensis, Rothsch. House-mouse, Rat
C. sciurorum, Schrk. Squirrel, Dormouse
C. melis, Wlk. Badger
C. mustelæ, Wagner Bank-vole and Field-mice
C. penicilliger, Grube Bank-vole and Field-mice
C. walkeri, Rothsch. Stoats, Voles, and Field-mice
C. gallinæ, Schrk. Chickens and many birds
C. fringillæ, Wlk. Sparrow
C. garei, Rothsch. Many birds
C. rusticus, Wagner House-martin
C. farreni, Rothsch. House-martin
C. hirundinis, Curt. House-martin
C. columbæ, Gerv. Pigeon
C. styx, Rothsch. Sand-martin
C. gallinulæ, Dale Many birds: especially freshwater breeders
C. vagabundus, Bokeman Nests of Sea-fowl
C. borealis, Rothsch. Gannet and Rock-pipit
C. rothschildi, Waterst. House-martin
Ctenophthalmus, Kolen
C. agyrtes, Heller Field-mice and Voles
C. agyrtes nobilis, Rothsch. Water-rat
C. bisoctodentatus, Kolen Mole
Doratopsylla, Jord. and Rothsch.
D. dasycnemus, Rothsch. Shrew
Rhadinopsylla, Jord. and Rothsch.
R. pentacanthus, Rothsch. Weasel
R. isacanthus, Rothsch. Bank-vole
Palæopsylla, Wagner
P. sorecis, Dale Shrew
P. minor, Dale Mole
P. kohauti, Dampf Mole
Leptopsylla, Rothsch.
L. musculi, Duges Mouse
L. spectabilis, Rothsch. Bank-vole
Typhloceras, Wagner
T. poppei, Wagner Long-tailed Field-mouse
Hystrichopsylla, Taschb.
H. talpæ, Curt. Mole
Ischnopsylla, Westw.
I. elongatus, Curt. Noctule Bat
I. intermedius, Rothsch. Serotine Bat
I. simplex, Rothsch. Natterer’s Bat
I. octactenus, Kolen Pipistrelle Bat
I. hexactenus, Kolen Long-eared Bat
Nycteridopsylla, Oudemans
N. longiceps, Rothsch. Pipistrelle Bat
N. eusarca major, Rothsch. Noctule Bat
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