NEW ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE VOLE MICROTUS CALIFORNICUS (RODENTIA: GRIGETIDAE) AND THE FLEA STENISTOMERA ALPINA (SIPHONAPTERA: HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE)

摘要

During mammal surveys at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in the Mojave Desert, we found California voles (Microtus califmnicus) infested with three flea species including the flea Stenistomem alpina. Collected near the eastern edge of the distribution of the vole and the western edge of the distribution of the flea, this is the first record of S. alpina on California voles, indeed on any Microtus species.