Doratopsylla blarinae Fox

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 41

Doratopsylla blarinae Fox

Ex Blarina brevicauda (northern short­tailed shrew): 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Goshen Prong, K. Walters, Nov. 2001, L­2984.

Ex Ochrotomys nuttalli (golden mouse): TN, Sevier Co., near Cosby, 1964–1966 ( Linzey 1968; Linzey & Linzey 1968, Durden & Kollars 1997).

Host not stated: TN, Sevier Co. ( Benton 1980, Durden & Kollars 1997).

This flea is a relatively host­specific ectoparasite of Blarina spp., short­tailed shrews, in the eastern United States ( Whitaker et al. 1994, Durden & Kollars, 1997). The above record from a golden mouse represents an atypical host.