Peromyscopsylla hesperomys (Baker, 1904)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Siphonaptera |
| Family | Leptopsyllidae |
| Genus | Peromyscopsylla |
| Species | Peromyscopsylla hesperomys (Baker, 1904) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Tennessee.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Tennessee
Counties
- Tennessee
- Montgomery
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- NU
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- British Columbia
- SU Unrankable
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Idaho
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
- Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.
- Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
How to cite this account
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys (Baker, 1904). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2796. https://cavebiology.org/species/peromyscopsylla-hesperomys/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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