28 RES. BULL. MEGURO PARASIT. MUS. No. 7, p. 28- 31 , 1973 SIPHONAPTERA FROM SMALL MAMMALS IN NORTHERN HONSHU, JAPAN Zen-emon ONO (Hohllai do In sti tut e of Public Heallh ) obuhiro T AKADA (Hiosak i Univer si ty chool of Medicine) ABSTRACT: Having examined 610 specimens of fleas co ll ected at 39 localities in northern Honshu the writers have found 9 spec ies and 3 subspec ies, of which three , Hys tr icllo/ Jsy lla ozeana, Rhadino - /Jsy lla olmoi and Monopsyllu s indages lis, are new to northern Honshu . INTRODUCTION The Siphonaptera reported in this paper are based on the specimens collected by the junior author (N. T .) in his survey of the ectoparasites of sma ll mammals in northern Honshu, and some specimens of- fered by Dr. H. ABE and Dr. T. KOBA Y A- SHI of Hokkaido University and by Dr. K. HATTO RI of Hokkaido Institute of Public Health. In the course of the present st udi es 9 species and 3 subspecies of the Sipho- naptera have been known to occure in norhtern Honshu. The specimens examined are deposited in the collection of the De- partment of Parasitilogy, Hirosaki Univer- sity School of Medicine and the Meguro Parasitological Museum, Tokyo. Family PYGIOPSYLLIDAE 1. Stivalius ae stiv alis J AMESO and SAKA- GUT I (Stivalius aestivalis JAM ESON and SAKA- Gu n, 1954, Jour. Parasit., 40, 374) Specimens examined: Aomori Pref. -- I Senninkyo Hakkoda-san, ex Apo- demus speciosus, 15- VIII - 1967 (H. ABE and T. KOBAYASHI leg. ) ; ex Apodemus speciosus, 13- VIII- 1967 (H. ABE and T. Ko- BAYASHI leg.). Akita Pret. - Tai- hei-san, ex Apodemus speciosus, 7-VII- 1967. Iwate Pref. -- Kunimi-onsen, ex Apo- demus speciosus, 29- VI- 1967. Yamagata Recei ved for publication Ma y Pref. -- 1 Haguro - san, ex Apodemus sp eciosus, 10- VII - 1970. This species is only a representative of the genus SLivalius in Japan . There are many species of th is gen us in the Oriental reg io n and some ones in Africa. This flea has been believed to be rare in northern Honshu, but the present data su ggest that it is common in northern Honshu . Family HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE 2. H ystrichop sylla (Hystroc era s) o ze ana NAKAGAWA and SAKAGUTI (Hystrichopsylla ozeana NAKAGAWA and SAKAGUTI, 1959, Japan Wildltfe Bull., 17, 131 ) Specimens examined: Aomori Pref. - Akudo Hi rosaki-sh i, ex Microtus mon- tebelli, IV- 1971; Hiro sak i-koen Hirosa- ki-shi, ex Microtus montebelli, 19- XI - 1967; Hirosaki-k oen, ex Microtus montebelli, 30- II1- 1970; Hiro sak i-koen, ex Microtus montebelli, IV- 1971; I ch ino kawa Mo- moishi-machi, ex Apodemus speciosus, 21 - XI- 1969; Makado-onsen, ex Urotrichus talpoides, 12- X- 1967; 3 Sannohe-machi, ex Microtus montebelli, 7- XII - 1971; Tamogino Aomori-shi, ex Microtus monte- belli, 1 Tsurubeotoshi-toge, ex Mic ro - tus montebelli, 4-XII- 1969. I wate Pref. -- I Kozunagi-mura, ex Mic ro tus montebelli, 20- IX- 1968; Tatsunomori Matsuo -mura, ex Microtus montebelli, 20-X- 1971.
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SIPHONAPTERA FROM SMALL MAMMALS IN NORTHERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Zen-emon ONO
(Hohllaido Institute of Public Heallh )
obuhiro T AKADA
(Hiosaki University chool of Medicine)
ABSTRACT: Having examined 610 specimens of fleas collected at 39 localities in northern Honshu the writers have found 9 species and 3 subspecies, of which three , Hystricllo/Jsylla ozeana, Rhadino/Jsy lla olmoi and Monopsyllus indages lis , are new to northern Honshu.
INTRODUCTION
The Siphonaptera reported in this paper are based on the specimens collected by the junior author (N. T .) in his survey of the ectoparasites of small mammals in northern Honshu, and some specimens offered by Dr. H. ABE and Dr. T. KOBA Y ASHI of Hokkaido University and by Dr. K. HATTORI of Hokkaido Institute of Public Health. In the course of the present studies 9 species and 3 subspecies of the Siphonaptera have been known to occure in norhtern Honshu. The specimens examined are deposited in the collection of the Department of Parasitilogy, Hirosaki University School of Medicine and the Meguro Parasitological Museum, Tokyo.
Family PYGIOPSYLLIDAE 1. Stivalius aestivalis J AMESO and SAKA
GUT I
(Stivalius aestivalis JAM ESON and SAKAGun, 1954, Jour. Parasit., 40, 374)
Specimens examined: Aomori Pref. -I ~ 1 ~ , Senninkyo Hakkoda-san, ex Apodemus speciosus, 15- VIII- 1967 (H. ABE and T. KOBAYASHI leg. ) ; 5 ~ , ex Apodemus speciosus, 13-VIII- 1967 (H. ABE and T. KoBAYASHI leg. ). Akita Pret. - 1 ~ , Taihei-san, ex Apodemus speciosus, 7- VII- 1967. Iwate Pref. -- 1 ~ , Kunimi-onsen, ex Apodemus speciosus, 29- VI- 1967. Yamagata Recei ved for publication May 15,~1972
Pref. -- 1 ~ , Haguro-san, ex Apodemus speciosus, 10- VII - 1970.
This species is only a representative of the genus SLivalius in Japan . There are many species of th is genus in the Oriental reg ion and some ones in Africa. This flea has been believed to be rare in northern Honshu, but the present data suggest that it is common in northern Honshu .
Family HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE 2. H ystrichopsylla (Hystrocera s) ozeana
NAKAGAWA and SAKAGUTI
(Hystrichopsylla ozeana NAKAGAWA and SAKAGUTI, 1959, Japan Wildltfe Bull. , 17, 131)
Specimens examined: Aomori Pref. -1 ~ , Akudo Hirosaki-shi, ex Microtus montebelli, IV- 1971; 1 ~ , Hirosaki-koen Hirosaki-sh i, ex Microtus montebelli, 19- XI- 1967; 1 ~ , Hirosaki-koen, ex Microtus montebelli, 30- II1- 1970; 1 ~ , Hirosaki-koen, ex Microtus montebelli, IV- 1971; 1 ~ , Ichinokawa Momoishi-machi, ex Apodemus speciosus, 21-XI- 1969; 1 ~ , Makado-onsen, ex Urotrichus talpoides, 12- X - 1967; 3 ~ , Sannohe-machi, ex Microtus montebelli, 7- XII- 1971; 1 ~ ,
Tamogino Aomori-shi, ex Microtus montebelli, 1 ~ 1 ~ , Tsurubeotoshi-toge, ex Microtus montebelli, 4- XII- 1969. Iwate Pref. -I ~ , Kozunagi-mura, ex Microtus montebelli, 20- IX- 1968; 1 ~ , Tatsunomori Matsuo-mura, ex Microtus montebelli, 20- X- 1971.
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This species has been known to occur in central Honshu and Kyushu. On the basis of the present specimens the writers give northern Honshu as a new locality.
3. Stenoponia montana DARSKAYA
(Stenoponia montana DARSKA Y A, 1949, Akad. Nauk. SSSR Dok., 67, 951)
Nagabashiri, ex Clethrionomys andersoni, 26-XI-1970.
This species is distributed in northern Korea, Manchuria, the Primorsk region, Sag hal in and Japan [Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushul SAKAG UTT and JAM ESO (1962) has suggested that Honshu and Kyushu form might be treated as a subspecies. Having compared the specimens examined with a lot of specimens of this species from Hokkaido and Kyushu the writers could not find any special differences among them.
IV- 1971; 1 (!) , Iwaki-san, ex Microtus montebelli, 7- X- 1971; 1 ~ , Hyakuzawa Iwaki-machi, ex Microtus montebelli, 19- VIII- 1971; 1 ~ , Ichikawame Momoishi- machi, ex Apodemus speciosus, 21- XI- 1969; 7 (!) 13 ~ , Ichinowatari Hirosaki-shi, ex Microtus montebelli, IV, XI- 1970; 1 ~ , Kanita-machi, ex Apodemus speciosus, 29· X- 1971; 1 ~ , Moya Aomori-shi, ex Microtus montebelli, 9- VIII-1970; 10 (!) 16 ~ , Natsudomari-hanto, ex Microtus montebelli, 15- IV - 1968 ; 3 (!) Oshima Natsudomari-hanto, ex Microtus montebelli, 15- V- 1968; 1 (!) 2 ~ , Owani-onsen, ex Microtus montebelli, 6- XII- 1971; 1 ~ , Sannohemachi, ex Microtus montebelli, 7- XII- 1971; 1 (!) 6 ~ , Sukayu-onsen, ex Clethrionomys andersoni, 19-VI- 1967; 1 ~ , Yunosawa Ikarigaseki-mura, ex Microtus montebelli, 31-1II- 1967; 1 (!) 1 ~ , Zatoishi Hirosaki sh i, ex Microtus montebelli, 21- VII- 1970. Akita Pref. -- 4 (!) 3 ~ , Akita-shi, ex Microtus montebelli, IV- 1958 (H. ABE leg. ) ; 1 ~ , Nagabashiri Hanaya-machi, ex Apodemus speciosus, 29- VI- 1970.
This subspecies is distributed in Transbaikalia, Cisamur, the Primorsk region, Korea and Japan [Honshu, Shikoku and kyushul It is very common being paras itic on microtine rodents. In Hokkaido the other subspecies, Ctenophthalmus congeneroides truncus, is distributed.
This subspecies has been known only to be parasitic on Clethrionomys andersoni captured at Mt. Hakkoda and Mt. Zao in northern Honshu. In this paper Microtus montebelli is added as a new true host of this flea for the first time.
ex Urotrichus talpoides, ll- II- 1971; 1 ~ ,
Iwaki-san, ex Urotrichus talpoides, 10- X- 9. 1971; 2 ~ 3 ~ , Kanita-machi, ex Urotrichus talpoides, 29-X - 1971; 2 ~ , N akasato-machi,
This species is distributed in eastern Asia, being known as a parasite of Rattus spp. It is very common throughout Japan.
12. Monopsyllus indages lis O NO
(Monopsyllus indages lis ONO, 1958, Medicine and Biology, 46, 58)
Specimens examined: Aomori Pref. -I lJ 1 ~ , Ichinowatari Hirosaki-sh i, ex Sciuruslz"s, 28-X- 1970; 11l ~ 200 ~ , Ichinowatari, ex two nests of Sciurus lis, 28-X- 1970; 1 ~ , Ichinowatari, ex Apodemus speciosus, 5-XI-1970.
This flea has been known to be a parasite of Sciurus lis and Petaurista leucogenys in central Honshu and Shikoku. The present writers give northern Honshu as a new locality of this subspecies for the first time. In Hokkaido another subspecies, Monopsyllus indages in dages, is known.
HOST LIST
The flea species considered to be true parasites of particular species of host are marked with an asterisk ( *) . Flea is listed under each host species.
We express our gratitude to Prof. T. YAMAGUCHI, Director oj the Department oj Parasitology, Hirosaki University School oj Medicine, for his encouragement throughout this study. We are a lso indebted to Dr. H. ABE and Dr. T. KOBAYASHI of Hokkaido University and to Dr. K. HATTORI of Hokkaido Institute oj Public Health for giving valiable materials collected in northern Honshu. Last but not least thanks are also due to Prof. C. WATANABE of Hokkaido University for his kindness in reading through this manuscript.