Northern Mouse Flea

Aetheca thambus

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Northern Mouse Flea
Scientific Name: 
Aetheca thambus
Synonyms: 
Monopsyllus thambus
Taxonomy
Group: 
Flea
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Siphonaptera
Family: 
Ceratophyllidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Southwestern NWT (Haas et al. 2005 A2021002); Gros Cap Great Slave Lake 17 July 1949, Holland (https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/entomology/main/Siphonaptera/Ceratophyllidae/); NWT SMS: Fort Smith (2018),
References: 
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Added in 2021, based on literature and NWT SMS data (Buhler 2021)
Last Updated: 
March 6, 2021

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Buhler Kayla (2021) Bartonella spp. bacteria identified in snap-trapped rodents - potential flea vectors. email to SCarriere, B Elkin, N Jutha recieved 18 FEB 2021 Diims file - R2021003 Return
  • Haas. et al. (2005) Mammal Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) New for Alaska and the Southeastern Mainland Collected During Seven Years of a Field Survey of Small Mammals. J. ENTOMOL. SOC. BRIT. COLUMBIA 102 102:65-75 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242235132_Mammal_Fleas_Siphonaptera_Ceratophyllidae_New_for_Alaska_and_the_Southeastern_Mainland_Collected_During_Seven_Years_of_a_Field_Survey_of_Small_Mammals - A2021002 Return