Maine Biota Project

Fleas of Mount Desert Island

(Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Hexapoda, Order Siphonaptera)


Fleas of Maine

Fleas of Mount Desert Island


Below is a working list of Mount Desert Island’s fleas.
Family Genus Species Authority Common Name Source (full citation given below this table)
Dolichopsyllidae Orchopeas leucopus Baker ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 438.)
Dolichopsyllidae Opisodasys enoplus
[see note 1 below]		 Roths ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 438.)
Dolichopsyllidae Opisodasys vesperalis
[see note 1 below]		 Jordan ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 438.)
Ischnopsyllidae Myodopsylla ensignis
[see note 1 below]		 Roths ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 438.)
Pulicidae Ctenocephalides canis Curtis ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 438.)
Pulicidae Ctenocephalides felis Bouché ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 438.)


Note:
1. Procter (1946) added a question mark after this entry.

Source:
Procter, William. 1946. Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Part VII. Philadelphia: Wistar Institute.