Bat Flea
Myodopsylla insignis (Rothschild, 1903)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Siphonaptera |
| Family | Ischnopsyllidae |
| Genus | Myodopsylla |
| Species | Myodopsylla insignis (Rothschild, 1903) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- NU
Subnational ranks
- Nova Scotia
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Manitoba
- SU Unrankable
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SNR Unranked
- British Columbia
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- SU Unrankable
- Yukon
- SU Unrankable
- Saskatchewan
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Giovannoli, L. 1933. Invertebrate life of Mammoth and other neighboring caves. In: Bailey, V. (ed), Cave Life of Kentucky, pp. 600–623.
How to cite this account
Myodopsylla insignis (Rothschild, 1903). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2684. https://cavebiology.org/species/myodopsylla-insignis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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