Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) of the Russian Far East

Abstract

Ten flea species were collected in 2012–2017 from 6 species of carnivores in Primorsky Territory and Sakhalin Province of Russia. The most complete collections of fleas of the genera Ctenocephalides and Chaetopsylla were performed in winter and early spring (December, January, April), those of the genus Paraceras, in spring and autumn (April, May, October). The fauna of fleas parasitizing carnivores in Primorsky Territory includes 1 species endemic to the East Asian Subregion: Chaetopsylla (Ch.) mikado, and 2 species distributed in the southeast of the Siberian Province of the Euro-Siberian Subregion and in the East Asian Subregion: Ch. (Ch.) appropinquans and Ch. (Ch.) zibellina.