A New Species of Flea from the Mole Rat, Spalax ehrenbergi

Author: LEWIS ROBERT E.  

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

ISSN: 1938-2901

Source: Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.57, Iss.2, 1964-03, pp. : 150-153

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Abstract

Ctcnophthalmus levanticus is described and illustrated. It is a common ectoparasite of the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi Nehring, 1898, in the Republic of Lebanon. Sporadic occurrence of a fourth spine in the genal ctenidium is discussed.