Abstract
ABSTRACT Two subgenera (nominotypical subgenus Orthopsylloides and Mirzapsylla, new subgenus) are established within the flea genus Orthopsylloides Rothschild and Jordan, 1922. Within subgenus Orthopsylloides, four new species are described: Orthopsylloides (Orthopsylloides) mardoni, O. (O.) maricaballa, O. (O.) penguinata, and O. (O.) uncinata. An additional four new species are described in the new subgenus Mirzapsylla: Orthopsylloides (Mirzapsylla) rawlinsi, O. (M.). repanda, O. (M.) truncata, and O. (M.) whitingi. Females of O. (M.) mardoni and O. (M.) rawlinsi remain unknown. Orthopsylloides (O.) orthodactylus owiensis Holland, 1969, and Orthopsylloides (O.) abacetus baiyerensis George and Beaucournu, 1995, are each synonymized with their nominate taxa. Nine additional new species of the genus Parastivalius Holland, 1969, are described: P. avicularius, P. bidenticulatus, P. chelaformis, P. longipalpus, P. novaebritainiae, P. papillatus, P. phocaceus, P. spinatus, and P. tridenticulatus. Host associat...
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