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Diversity of Fleas (Siphonaptera), Vectors of Plague Pathogens: the Flea Citellophilus tesquorum (Wagner, 1898), a Parasite of Ground Squirrels of the Genus Spermophilus

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This paper presents the results of analysis of the taxonomic diversity, distribution, and host associations of the flea species recorded so far as the plague microbe vectors. The ecological features and epizootic significance of the flea Citellophilus tesquorum (Wagner, 1898), a parasite of ground squirrels, are specially considered.

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This work was based on the collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (UFC ZIN 2-2.20) and financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project 19-04-00759).

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  1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    S. G. Medvedev

  2. North-Caucasus Federal University, Stavropol, 355009, Russia

    B. K. Kotti

  3. Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, Irkutsk, 664047, Russia

    D. B. Verzhutsky

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Russian Text © The Author(s), 2019, published in Parazitologiya, 2019, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 179–197.

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Medvedev, S.G., Kotti, B.K. & Verzhutsky, D.B. Diversity of Fleas (Siphonaptera), Vectors of Plague Pathogens: the Flea Citellophilus tesquorum (Wagner, 1898), a Parasite of Ground Squirrels of the Genus Spermophilus. Entmol. Rev. 99, 565–579 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873819050014

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