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Diversity of Fleas, Vectors of Plague Pathogens: the Flea Oropsylla silantiewi (Wagner, 1898) (Siphonaptera, Ceratophyllidae)

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The taxonomic diversity, distribution patterns, and host-parasite relationships of fleas of the genus Oropsylla, which are vectors of the plague pathogen in the Eurasian and North American plague foci, are analyzed. Data on the abundance, ecological features, and epizootological significance of the marmot parasite Oropsylla silantiewi (Wagner, 1898) in different Palaearctic plague foci are summarized.

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This work was based on the collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (UFC ZIN 2-2.20) and supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project 19-04-00759).

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Medvedev , S.G., Verzhutsky , D.B. Diversity of Fleas, Vectors of Plague Pathogens: the Flea Oropsylla silantiewi (Wagner, 1898) (Siphonaptera, Ceratophyllidae). Entmol. Rev. 100, 45–57 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820010054

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