<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The landscape of south-western Slovakia is characterised by anthropogenous reshaping, while fragments of undisturbed, waterlogged habitats have been preserved in what remains of the meandering ancient Žitava River. These refuges are inhabited by various small mammal species and their blood-sucking ectoparasites. Between 2014 and 2018, research on them was carried out in Slovakia’s Danubian Lowland (<italic>Podunajská nížina</italic>) during three out of the four seasons (spring, summer and autumn). The small mammals were captured at 27 localities. The occurrence of nine flee species from the Hystrichopsyllidae, Ctenophthalmidae and Ceratophyllidae families was documented on 12 small burrowing mammals. During the course of all the seasons in which research was conducted, <italic>Ctenophthalmus agyrtes, C. assimilis, Megabothris turbidus</italic> a <italic>Nosopsyllus fasciatus</italic> were found, among the most dominant species to be seen on small burrowing mammals.</p></abstract>

The landscape of south-western Slovakia is characterised by anthropogenous reshaping, while fragments of undisturbed, waterlogged habitats have been preserved in what remains of the meandering ancient Žitava River. These refuges are inhabited by various small mammal species and their blood-sucking ectoparasites. Between 2014 and 2018, research on them was carried out in Slovakia’s Danubian Lowland (Podunajská nížina) during three out of the four seasons (spring, summer and autumn). The small mammals were captured at 27 localities. The occurrence of nine flee species from the Hystrichopsyllidae, Ctenophthalmidae and Ceratophyllidae families was documented on 12 small burrowing mammals. During the course of all the seasons in which research was conducted, Ctenophthalmus agyrtes, C. assimilis, Megabothris turbidus a Nosopsyllus fasciatus were found, among the most dominant species to be seen on small burrowing mammals.

Flea Communities on Small Mammals in Lowland Environment

Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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The landscape of south-western Slovakia is characterised by anthropogenous reshaping, while fragments of undisturbed, waterlogged habitats have been preserved...

Flea Communities on Small Mammals in Lowland Environment

Published Online: Sep 13, 2020

Page range: 260 - 269

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2020-0020

Keywords
Siphonaptera, Rodentia, Eulipotyphla, wetlands

© 2020 Ivan Baláž et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Flea Communities on Small Mammals in Lowland Environment

Published Online: Sep 13, 2020

Page range: 260 - 269

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2020-0020

KeywordsSiphonaptera, Rodentia, Eulipotyphla, wetlands

© 2020 Ivan Baláž et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Siphonaptera, Rodentia, Eulipotyphla, wetlands