01877nas a2200277 4500008004100000245011900041210006900160260002000229300001200249490000700261520095300268653001501221653001401236653002701250653001801277653001001295653000901305653002601314653001501340653002301355653002201378653001701400100001801417700001801435856014601453 2015 eng d00aOccurrence of fleas (Siphonaptera) and lice (Phthiraptera) on Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) on the Faroes Islands0 aOccurrence of fleas Siphonaptera and lice Phthiraptera on Brown c2 December 2015 a154-1590 v623 a
During the years 2012 and 2013, 61 brown rats (Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769) were collected from 10 locations on the Faroe Islands and investigated for ectoparasites. Two species of fleas, Nosopsyllus fasciatus Bosc d’Antic, 1800 and Ctenophthalmus nobilis Rothschild, 1898 , and one species of louse, Polyplax spinulosa Burmeister, 1839, were found. Of these, the fleas were the more frequent, found on 34% of the rats, whereas the occurrence of the single species of louse was only 3%. Of the fleas, N. fasciatus was the most common, found on 18 of the 23 the rats infected by fleas (78%), whereas the occurrence of C. nobilis was 48%. Both C.nobilis and P. spinulosa are new species for the fauna of the Faroe Islands; whereas N. fasciatus has been reported once before, then on a domestic cat (Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758). The finding of C. nobilis is both the most westerly and northerly finding of this species in Europe.
10aabundance.10aBrown rat10aCtenophthalmus nobilis10aFaroe Islands10afleas10alice10aNosopsyllus fasciatus10aOccurrence10aPolyplax spinulosa10aRattus norvegicus10aSiphonaptera1 aJensen, J.-K.1 aMagnussen, E. uhttp://setur.fo/uploads/tx_userpubrep/OccurrenceOfFleas_Siphonaptera_AndLce_Phthiraptera_OnBrownRats_Rattus_norvegicus_OnTheFaroesIslands.pdf