Chapter XI: Appendix: B

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