Diversity of fleas—plague vectors: species of the genus Neopsylla Wagner, 1903 (Siphonaptera, Hystrichopsyllidae)

Abstract

The taxonomic diversity, distribution patterns, and host-parasite relationships of fleas of the Holarctic– Indo-Malayan genus Neopsylla (Hystrichopsyllidae, Neopsyllinae) are analyzed. The role of some members of this genus as vectors and reservoirs in natural plague foci of Eurasia is analyzed; 14 out of 67 species and subspecies of the genus Neopsylla have been recorded as the main, accessory or occasional vectors of the plague pathogen.