A new species of Xenodaeria from Cangshan Mountain, Dali, China (Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae)
10.3969/j.issn.1005-0507.2026.01.009
- VernacularTitle:云南大理苍山厉蚤属一新种(蚤目:栉眼蚤科)
- Author:
Zheng-da GONG
1
;
Xing-de DUAN
1
Author Information
1. Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Dali 671000, Yunnan, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Siphonaptera;
Ctenophthalmidae;
Xenodaeria;
New species;
Cangshan Mountain;
China
- From:
Acta Parasitologica et Medica Entomologica Sinica
2026;33(1):58-61
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This article describes a new species of Genus Xenodaeria Jordan(1932)(Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae), collected from the southern slope of Cangshan mountain in Dali, Yunnan. The new species is similar to Xenodayia telios, Jordan 1932, and X. laxiproceria Wu, Gu et Liu,1996, but more like X. telios. However, it can be distinguished from X. telios and other known species in the genus based on the following characteristics: The movable process of the male gripper is bent finger shaped, with a blunt end and no angular protrusion extending forward; The posterior St. VII in females has a semi-circular deep depression, with blunt rounded ends of the dorsal and ventral lobes, and the dorsal lobes are wider and longer than the ventral lobes. The type specimen was collected on November 2,1994 from the shrubbery at an altitude of approximately 2 450 m in the southern end of Cangshan Mountain in Dali City, Yunnan Province. The host species were Anourosorex squamipes and Crocidura rapax.
