Diversity of Vectors of Plague Pathogens: Polyhostal Parasites, Fleas of the Genus Rhadinopsylla Jordan et Rothschild, 1911 (Siphonaptera, Hystrichopsyllidae)

摘要

Abstract The taxonomic diversity, distribution patterns, and host-parasite relationships of fleas of the Holarctic genus Rhadinopsylla (Hystrichopsyllidae: Rhadinopsyllinae) are analyzed. The role of some members of this genus as vectors and reservoirs in natural plague foci of Eurasia is considered; 18 out of 70 species and subspecies of the genus Rhadinopsylla have been recorded as the main, accessory, or occasional vectors of the plague pathogen.