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Parasitic Community of Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Small and Medium Predators (Mammalia, Carnivora) of Southwestern Primorskii Krai

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Original data on the ecological relations of Sifonoptera fleas with small and medium-sized predators in southwestern Primorskii krai are presented. The parasitic community of fleas in populations of predatory mammals of the studied territory consists of eight species belonging to three families and five genera. Five flea species—Chaetopsulla appropinquans, Ch. micado, Ch. zibellina, Ch. dogieli, and Paraceras flabellum—are specific for predatory mammals, and another two species (Ctenophthalmus congeneroides and Megabotris calkarifer) have been found on predators, but are rodent parasites.

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  1. Ussuriyskii Nature Reserve, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 692500, Ussuriisk, Primorskii krai, Russia

    M. N. Litvinov & E. A. Litvinova

  2. Far Eastern Federal University, School of Pedagogics, 692500, Ussuriisk, Primorskii krai, Russia

    E. A. Litvinova

  3. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    M. N. Erofeeva & S. V. Naidenko

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Litvinov, M.N., Litvinova, E.A., Erofeeva, M.N. et al. Parasitic Community of Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Small and Medium Predators (Mammalia, Carnivora) of Southwestern Primorskii Krai. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 13, 180–183 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425520020080

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