Seasonal Occurrence of Fleas on Antelope Ground Squirrels in the Great Salt Lake Desert1
- 1 February 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 51 (1) , 32-36
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/51.1.32
Abstract
A 12-month investigation of Citellus leucurus leucurus in a small area located in Tooele County, Utah, substantiated the seasonal fluctuations in occurrence of flea spp. in that host. A reversal in the relationship between indices of Thrassis bacchi gladiolis and Hoplopsyllus anomalus to atmospheric temperature and relative humidity was indicated. Average temperature of 64[degree] F and average relative atmospheric humidity of 40% represent approximate critical points at which changes in spp. indices begin to reverse for the 2 spp. considered. A 3d spp., Rhadinopsylla heiseri was recovered in Nov. and Dec. only. Further data are presented regarding sex ratio of fleas and ratio of infestation of male and female squirrels.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Host‐Parasite‐Disease Relationships in a Mammalian Community in the Central Coast Range of CaliforniaEcological Monographs, 1951