Thaumapsylla breviceps orientalis Smit, 1954

Hastriter, Michael W. & Bush, Sarah E., 2014, Description of Medwayella independencia (Siphonaptera, Stivaliidae), a new species of flea from Mindanao Island, the Philippines and their phoretic mites, and miscellaneous flea records from the Malay Archipelago, ZooKeys 408, pp. 107-123 : 108

Thaumapsylla breviceps orientalis Smit, 1954

Material examined.

Philippines, Luzon Island, Aurora Province, San Luis, Minoli, 15.680°N, 121.529°E, 520m, Rousettus amplexicaudatus (E. Geoffroy) ♂ (host# KUMNH-167960, JAE-3026F), J. Esselstyn, 16 VI 2009, 1♀ (parasite # JAE-3026) (BYUC).

Remarks.

The nominate subspecies is commonly found on Rousettus aegyptiacus (Geoffroy) in its western ranges from South Africa to Southwest Asia while in more eastern areas, Thaumapsylla breviceps orientalis is found on Rousettus amplexicaudatus . Other Philippine records of Thaumapsylla breviceps orientalis were discussed in Hastriter and Bush (2013).