Lentistivalius philippinensis\according to Hastriter et al 2014
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Genus: Lentistivalius
Name
Lentistivalius philippinensis Hastriter & Bush, 2013 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
Sumatra, 6 km from Sidikalang, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, “scrub and lalang grass near stream”; Rattus rattus diardii ♀, 8 IV 1973, M. Nadchatram, R. Traub, and D. Roberts, (B-87343, Sub. 231, 1♂) (CMNH).
Remarks
Hastriter and Bush (2013)[1] described this species from Luzon Island, Philippines, from Crocidura grayi Dobson. A single male was thereafter discovered in the Traub flea collection from the Greater Sunda Island of Sumatra, approximately 1700 km from the type locality. This is the third specimen known for Lentistivalius philippinensis and the female sex remains undescribed. Such a disjunct distribution is indicative of the dearth of ectoparasite collections throughout the Malay Archipelago. A host voucher specimen of “Rattus rattus diardii” is not available to verify the recorded field identification. Wilson and Reeder (2005)[2] included “diardii” as a synonym of Rattus tanezumi Temminck, a species widely introduced throughout insular Southeast Asia, including the Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands and the Molucca Islands (Flannery 1995[3]). Rattus tanezumi might be considered relevant in the apparent dissemination of Lentistivalius philippinensis to Sumatra or from Sumatra to the Philippines. In addition, although Crocidura grayi is restricted to the island of Luzon, the importance of other species of Crocidura across the region may also account for the broader distribution on islands outside of the Philippines, such as Sumatra. Traub (1972a)[4] noted, “… the remarkable facility of this genus [Lentistivalius] to adapt to a broad variety of hosts, in widely separated areas”, a statement supported by the various species of Lentistivalius that are found on birds, shrews, and murid rodents. Flea collections throughout the Malay Archipelago are drastically lacking. Future collections and studies of fleas and other ectoparasites are badly needed in Southeast Asia and the insular regions of the Malay Archipelago, especially with the alarmingly rapid destruction of habitat and loss of mammalian host species.
Taxon Treatment
- Hastriter, M; Bush, S; 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: 107-123. doi
Other References
- ↑ Hastriter M, Bush S (2013) Description of Lentistivalius philippinensis, a new species of flea (Siphonaptera, Pygiopsyllomorpha, Stivaliidae), and new records of Ascodipterinae (Streblidae) on bats and other small mammals from Luzon, The Philippines. ZooKeys 260: 17-30. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.260.3971
- ↑ Wilson D, Reeder D (2005) Mammal species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd Ed., The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2142 pp.
- ↑ Flannery T (1995) Mammals of New Guinea. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 568 pp.
- ↑ Traub R (1972a) The Gunong Benom Expedition, 1967. 11. Notes on zoogeography, convergent evolution and taxonomy of fleas (Siphonaptera), based on collections from Gunong Benom and elsewhere in South-East Asia. I. New taxa (Pygiopsyllidae, Pygiopsyllinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, London 23(9): 1–355, 58 plates.
