Oropsylla arctomys (Baker, 1904)

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Siphonaptera
Family	Ceratophyllidae
Genus	Oropsylla
Species	Oropsylla arctomys (Baker, 1904)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Iowa.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Iowa

Counties

Iowa: Linn

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

United States: NNR
Canada: N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Ontario: S5 Secure
New Brunswick: SU Unrankable
Northwest Territories: SU Unrankable
Manitoba: S5 Secure
British Columbia: S4 Apparently Secure
Alberta: S5 Secure
Saskatchewan: S5 Secure

Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012

This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.

How to cite this account

Oropsylla arctomys (Baker, 1904). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2753. https://cavebiology.org/species/oropsylla-arctomys/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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