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Rat-fleas in Plymouth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. B. Mayfield
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1. Three species of flea were found on rats caught on the docks of Plymouth, England, namely, Nosopsyllus (Ceratophyllus) fasciatus, Xenopsylla cheopis, and Leptopsylla segnis (musculi).

2. The findings of Xenopsylla cheopis were almost entirely confined to a certain grain store, whence the flea was obtained constantly throughout the period of the investigation.

3. A few rats caught in the town of Plymouth yielded Leptopsylla segnis and Nosopsyllus fasciatus, but no Xenopsylla cheopis.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , September 1938 , pp. 314 - 319
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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