Palaeopsylla soricis soricis (Dale, 1878)

Orlova, Maria V., Larchanka, Aleksandra I., Dolgova, Irina G. & Dziamianchyk, Viktar V., 2022, Unusual findings of fleas (Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae, Ceratophyllidae) on bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Belarus: case report, Ecologica Montenegrina 57, pp. 37-43 : 38-39

Palaeopsylla soricis soricis (Dale, 1878) ( Figure 1 A, B )

Material: ♂ ex Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817) ( Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae ) (male), Gomel’ region, Zhitkovichy district, vicinity of village Khlupin, National Park “Pripyatskiy”, 52º 02’ N 28º 09’, 14 VIII 2021, E, leg. A.I. Larchenko (collection lot number L_PS0072).

Hosts

Aves

Passeriformes , Acrocephalidae : Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Cyprich et al. 2006) .

Passeriformes , Motacillidae : Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 ( Cyprich et al. 2006).

Mammalia

Insectivora, Soricidae : Crocidura leucodon (Hermann, 1780) ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966) ; Cr. russula Hermann, 1780 ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966); Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907 ( Haitlinger 1973); N. fodiens Pennant, 1771 ( Haitlinger 2015), Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 ( Haitlinger 1984; Sapegina et al. 1990); S. caecutiens Laxmann, 1788 ( Sapegina et al. 1990); S. minutus Linnaeus, 1766 ( Haitlinger 1973); S. alpinus Schinz, 1837 ( Haitlinger 1973).

Insectivora, Talpidae : Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758 ( Haitlinger 2015).

Insectivora, Erinaceidae : Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966).

Chiroptera , Vespertilionidae : M. daubentonii (this article, new record) ( Fig. 2).

Rodentia , Cricetidae : Myodes glareolus (Schreber, 1780) ( Chikilevskaya 1977; Obiegala et al., 2021); My. rutilus (Pallas, 1779) ( Sapegina et al. 1990) ; Microtus oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) ( Kononova 1996) ; M. arvalis (Pallas, 1778) ( Zwolski 1960) ; M. agrestis Linnaeus, 1761 ( George, Corbet 1959); M. subterraneus (de Sélys- Longchamps, 1836) (as Pitymys subterraneus – Hopkins, Rothschild 1966); Chionomys nivalis (Martins, 1842) (as Microtus nivalis – Hopkins, Rothschild 1966); Ellobius talpinus (Pallas, 1770) ( Kotti et al. 2020) .

Rodentia , Muridae : Apodemus flavicollis (Melchior, 1834) ( Chikilevskaya 1977) , A. sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Smit 1960) ; Rattus sp. ( Aston 1958); Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 (as Mus domesticus – Philp 1962).

Carnivora , Mustelidae : Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766 ( Mardon, Moors 1977); M. erminea Linnaeus, 1766 ( Jeffrey, 1923).

Distribution: Norway ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Sweden ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Denmark ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Great Britain ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Finland ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Latvia ( Ioff et al. 1965), Lithuania ( Lipatova et al. 2021), Belarus ( Kononova 1996), Romania ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Czech Republic ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Slovakia ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Slovenia ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Austria ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Italy ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Bulgaria ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Switzerland ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Netherland ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), France ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Germany ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Poland ( Hopkins, Rothschild 1966), Russia (incl. Asian part) ( Tiflov 1977), Kazakhstan ( Ioff et al. 1965), Kirgizia ( Tiflov 1977), Georgia ( Tiflov 1977), Armenia ( Tiflov 1977), Azerbaijan ( Tiflov 1977), Turkey ( Peus 1976).

Vector role. Palaeopsylla soricis is an intermediate host of cestode НуmenОlepis scutigera (Dujardin, 1845) and a vector of Rickettsia sp. ( Radzijevskaja et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 1. Light micrographs of flea Palaeopsylla soricis soricis, male. (a) Whole view, (b) head and pronotum.