二齿新蚤和方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种侵袭与离开宿主习性的实验研究

本文对二齿新蚤和方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种侵袭与离开宿主的习性进行了实验研究,结果：(1)蚤攻击宿主距离平均在2cm以内,最大攻击距离不超过10cm。在有效侵袭范围内,蚤与宿主距离近时较距离远时吸血蚤数增多。(2)蚤对宿主的侵袭程度雌蚤大于雄蚤,繁殖蚤大于新羽化蚤,二齿新蚤大于方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种,对小白鼠大于对达乌尔黄鼠。(3)宿主死后一定时间内,仍有部份蚤侵袭其尸体。 死亡时间越长侵袭蚤数越少,呈logY=a-blogX型曲线。(4)蚤离开宿主时间呈偏态分布,温度越高偏态分布越明显。蚤离开死鼠和离开活鼠所需时间很接近。 二齿新蚤和方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种离开宿主时间几乎相同。二种蚤离开宿主平均时间与环境温度呈负相关,且呈曲线关系。     

黄鼠体蚤和宿主密度的年间动态关系

根据内蒙古自治区正镶白旗乌宁巴图苏木1981-1993年达乌尔黄鼠Citellus dauricus密度和体蚤指数监测资料进行分析,得到如下结果。共检体蚤10种,其中方形黄鼠蚤蒙古亚种Citelloilus tesquorum mongoJicus(72.38%)和光亮额蚤Fronto Psylla luculenta(18.03%)分别为优势和次优势蚤种,阿巴盖新蚤Neopsylla abagaitui、二齿新蚤Neopsylla bidentatifor-mis为常见种,余为少见种。宿主密度与蚤指数均呈指数增长,鼠密度与蚤指数的关系是极为显著的(P<0.0001),关系为鼠密度＝exp(-0.6206十0.1989t),蚤指数＝1.6109+0.8997(鼠密度)。方形黄鼠蚤蒙古亚种比例的高低显著地影响体蚤的多样性和均匀性.宿主 密度与染蚤率呈正相关关系(P相似文献   

黄鼠洞干蚤和宿主密度的年间动态关系

根据内蒙古自治区正镶白旗乌宁巴图苏木1981～1993年达乌尔黄鼠Citellus dauriCUS密度和洞干蚤指数监测资料进行分析,得到如下结果。共检洞干蚤9种,其中方形黄鼠蚤蒙古亚种Citellophilus tesquorum mongolicus (66.0%)为优势蚤种,光亮额蚤Frontopsylla lu-culenta(23.6%)为次优势蚤种,阿巴盖新蚤Neopsylla abagaitui和二齿新蚤N。Bidentatifor-mis为常见种,余为少见种。鼠密度与洞干蚤指数关系显著(PPP<0.05),关系为洞干蚤指数=0.2709+0.0504体蚤指数。洞干蚤和巢蚤指数的关系是显著的(P<0.07),关系为洞干蚤指数＝0.27652+0.00348巢蚤指数。三种蚤指数之间有如下近似 关系：巢蚤指数：体蚤指数：洞干蚤指数：100：10：1。     

哈尔滨郊区人为鼠疫疫源地蚤类种群动态分析

1982～1999年对黑龙江省哈尔滨郊区人为鼠疫疫源地达乌尔黄鼠Spermophilus dauricus巢蚤、体蚤、洞干蚤指数和染蚤率进行了调查和分析。共获蚤9种,其中方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种Citellophius tesquorum sungaris是优势种(89.39%),其次为二齿新蚤Neopsylla bidentatiformis (10.37%)。3类蚤指数、染蚤率的均值差异均显著(P<0.01)。巢蚤与体蚤指数相关显著(P<0.05)。巢蚤指数∶体蚤指数∶洞干蚤指数≈650∶140∶1; 巢染蚤率∶体染蚤率∶洞干染蚤率≈165∶88∶1。     

方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种幼虫形态及与同属蚤幼虫的比较

蚤类的幼虫形态,我国迄今已报告15种,其中蚤科Pulicidae 3种,多毛蚤科Hystrichopsyliidae 4种,细蚤科Leptopsyllidae 2种,蝠蚤科Ischnopsyllidae 1种,角叶蚤科Oeratophyllidae 5种。而角叶蚤科的黄鼠蚤属Citellophilus目前已报告2种,即方形黄鼠蚤指名亚种C.t.tesquorum(1961)和三鬃黄鼠蚤巴湖亚种C.trispinus balkhaschensis(叶瑞玉等,1982)。我们在探索方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种C.tesquorum sungaris的生物学特征中,对它的幼虫形态进行了研究,并与同属2个亚种的幼虫形态相比较。     

二齿新蚤和方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种消化过程的研究

1984～1985年研究了二齿新蚤和方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种的消化过程。根据消化道内血液的变化,将二种蚤的消化过程分为5期,并记述了各期出现时间。结果,温度越高各期出现时间越短,消化速度越快。     

达乌尔黄鼠(Spermophilus dauricus)肥满度的研究

本文对吉林省西部地区达乌尔黄鼠肥满度的变化规律进行了研究。结果表明:达乌尔黄鼠肥满度与其所在地理环境植被的类型,生长状况有直接关系,在植物生长茂盛、种类繁多的地区肥满度高,反之则低。达乌尔黄鼠肥满度的季节变化亦非常明显,这与非冬眠啮齿动物的肥满度有根本的区别。     

栉叶蚤属一新种：蚤目：细蚤科

本文记述栉叶蚤属一新种,永登栉叶蚤Ｃｔｅｎｏｐｈｙｌｌｕｓ（Ｃｔｅｎｏｐｈｙｌｌｕｓ）ｙｏｎｇｄｅｎｇｉｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．标本采自甘肃省永登县,宿主为达乌尔鼠兔。     

两种未吸血幼蚤的耐饥力

1990年在实验室内观察了二齿新蚤和方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种末吸血幼蚤的耐饥力。证明新羽化蚤在不供给血液条件下也能存活很长或较长时间。共存活时间的长短,与环境温度、湿度有明显关系,而雌雄却无明显差别。     

二齿新蚤和方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种吸血习性的实验室观察

1983—1989年对二齿新蚤和方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种几种吸血习性进行了实验观察。1.新羽化蚤吸血蚤百分率与羽化后时间呈直线正相关。二齿新蚤至30小时左右,方形黄鼠蚤松江亚种至40小时左右,吸血蚤百分率约达90%,相当于繁殖蚤。2.蚤同宿主接触5分钟内即有部份吸血。接触半小时吸血蚤数最多,半小时至1小时吸血蚤数减少,也有少部份蚤至1小时尚未吸血。3.吸血蚤与未吸血蚤均可留于宿主体上,亦均能随时离开宿主体。     

我国北方几种蚤离开宿主的野外观察

夏季,于吉林省西部草原,宿主处死后12小时内其寄生蚤大部离开宿主尸体,至24小时全部离开。于青海高原,旱獭处死后24小时内,只有少数蚤离开獭尸,至48小时才大部离开,也有至120小时才离开的。     

Age-biased parasitism and density-dependent distribution of fleas (Siphonaptera) on a desert rodent

Parasites often confront conflicting demands when evaluating and distributing themselves among host individuals, in order to attain maximum reproductive success. We tested two alternative hypotheses about host preference by fleas in relation to the age of their rodent host. The first hypothesis suggests that fleas select adult over juvenile rodents because the latter represent a better nutritional resource (the “well-fed host” hypothesis), whereas the second hypothesis suggests that fleas prefer the weaker and less resistant juveniles because they are easier to colonise and exploit (“poorly fed host” hypothesis). We sampled fleas (Synosternus cleopatrae) on the gerbil (Gerbillus andersoni) in 23 different plots in the Negev desert and found an unequal distribution of fleas between adult and juvenile hosts. Furthermore, flea distribution changed as a function of flea density—from juvenile-biased flea parasitism (the “poorly fed host” hypothesis) at low densities to adult-biased flea parasitism (the “well-fed host” hypothesis) at high densities. Other factors that influenced flea preference were soil temperature and the presence of ticks. These results suggest that host selection is not an explicit alternative choice between adults and juveniles (“well-fed host” versus “poorly fed host” hypotheses), but rather a continuum where the distribution between adults and juveniles depends on host, parasite, and environmentally related factors.     

Phylogenetic and compositional diversity are governed by different rules: a study of fleas parasitic on small mammals in four biogeographic realms

We studied patterns of phylogenetic and compositional diversity of fleas parasitic on small mammals and asked whether these patterns are affected by environmental variation or evolutionary/historical processes. We considered environmental variation via both off‐host (air temperature, precipitation, the amount of green vegetation, latitude) and host‐associated (phylogenetic and species composition) environments. The indicators of evolutionary/historical processes were phylogenetic and compositional uniqueness estimated via phylogenetic or compositional, respectively, β‐diversity of either fleas or hosts. We found that phylogenetic uniqueness of flea assemblages was the main predictor of their phylogenetic diversity in all realms. In addition, host phylogenetic diversity and uniqueness played also some role in the Palearctic, whereas the effect of the off‐host environment was either extremely weak or absent. Compositional diversity of fleas was consistently affected by compositional diversity of hosts in all realms except the Neotropics. The effect of the off‐host environment on compositional flea diversity was substantial in all realms except the Palearctic. No effect of latitude on either metric of flea diversity was found. We conclude that phylogenetic diversity of fleas is driven mainly by evolutionary/historical processes, whereas drivers of their compositional diversity are associated with current ecological conditions.     

Characteristics of the interspecies relationship of flea images based on 5 species (Siphonaptera) infesting meridian gerbils

Many years of observations (1966-1981) in the southern part of Volga-Ural sands prove interspecific interactions between five species of fleas, specific parasites of Meriones meridianus, following the Gause's principle. The major mechanism for avoiding interspecific competition for the host is a temporal separation of the five species of fleas. During every season of the year, independent of the exchange of one species of fleas by others, their number on the infested host is maintained on the stable level which is regulated by overdispersion of fleas in the host population.     

On the equivalence of host local adaptation and parasite maladaptation: an experimental test

In spatiotemporally varying environments, host-parasite coevolution may lead to either host or parasite local adaptation. Using reciprocal infestations over 11 pairs of plots, we tested local adaptation in the hen flea and its main host, the great tit. Flea reproductive success (number of adults at host fledging) was lower on host individuals from the same plot compared with foreign hosts (from another plot), revealing flea local maladaptation. Host reproductive success (number of fledged young) for nests infested by foreign fleas was lower compared with the reproductive success of controls, with an intermediate success for nests infested by local fleas. This suggests host local adaptation although the absence of local adaptation could not be excluded. However, fledglings were heavier and larger when reared with foreign fleas than when reared with local fleas, which could also indicate host local maladaptation if the fitness gain in offspring size offsets the potential cost in offspring number. Our results therefore challenge the traditional view that parasite local maladaptation is equivalent to host local adaptation. The differences in fledgling morphology between nests infested with local fleas and those with foreign fleas suggest that flea origin affects host resource allocation strategy between nestling growth and defense against parasites. Therefore, determining the mechanisms that underlie these local adaptation patterns requires the identification of the relevant fitness measures and life-history trade-offs in both species.     

Nested pattern in flea assemblages across the host's geographic range

Understanding non-random patterns in the taxonomic composition of communities occurring in insular or fragmented habitats remains a major goal of ecology. Nested subset patterns are one possible departure from random community assembly that has been reported for communities of both free-living and parasitic animals. Here, we investigate the effects of extrinsic factors on the occurrence of nestedness among the assemblages of fleas found in different populations of the same host species, using data on 25 mammalian host species. The patterns of flea species composition among host populations spanned the entire spectrum from significantly nested to significantly anti-nested. After controlling for host phylogeny, we found that across host species, the tendency for flea assemblages to approach nestedness increased with increasing host geographic range size and with decreasing latitude of the host's geographic range. This tendency also decreased with an increase in a composite variable combining data on mean January and July temperature. The number of closely-related mammalian species living in sympatry with a given host species had no influence on whether or not the structure of flea assemblages among its populations departed from randomness. We propose explanations for these results that include: the possible gradual loss of flea species as a host expands its range from its initial area of origin, the lack of specific flea faunas in narrowly-distributed host species, interspecific differences in the dispersal abilities of flea species becoming amplified in hosts with broad geographical ranges, and the effect of latitude, climate and environment on the probabilities of host-switching and extinction in fleas. Overall, our results suggest that the structure of flea assemblages in mammalian hosts may be driven by features of host biology.     

Sampling fleas: the reliability of host infestation data

The use of measures of host infestation as a reliable indicator of a flea population size to be used in interspecific comparisons was considered. The abundance of fleas collected from host bodies and collected from host burrows was compared among 55 flea species, controlling for the effect of flea phylogeny. The mean number of fleas on host bodies correlated positively with the mean number of fleas in host burrows/nests both when the entire data pool was analysed and for separate subsets of data on 'fur' fleas and 'nest' fleas. This was also true for a within-host (Microtus californicus) between-flea comparison. The results of this study demonstrate that, in general, the index of host body infestation by fleas can be used reliably as an indicator of the entire population size.     

Trait‐based and phylogenetic associations between parasites and their hosts: a case study with small mammals and fleas in the Palearctic

We investigated the associations between ecological (density, shelter structure), morphological (body mass, hair morphology) and physiological traits (basal metabolic rate) of small mammals and ecological (seasonality of reproduction, microhabitat preferences, abundance, host specificity) and morphological (presence and number of combs) traits of their flea parasites that shape host selection processes by fleas. We adapted the extended version of the three‐table ordination and linked species composition of flea assemblages of host species with traits and phylogenies of both hosts and fleas. Fleas with similar trait values, independent of phylogenetic affinities, were clustered on the same host species. Fleas possessing certain traits selected hosts possessing certain traits. Fleas belonging to the same phylogenetic lineage were found on the same host more often than expected by chance. Certain phylogenetic lineages of hosts harbored certain phylogenetic lineages of fleas. The process of host selection by fleas appeared to be determined by reciprocal relationships between host and flea traits, as well as between host and flea phylogenies. We concluded that the connection between host and flea phylogenies, coupled with the connection between host and flea traits, suggests that the species compositions of the host spectra of fleas were driven by the interaction between historical processes and traits.     

Use of a mathematical model to study the dynamics of Ctenocephalides felis populations in the home environment and the impact of various control measures

The biology of fleas has been studied by a number of authors, as has the impact of various types of control measures. However, there are no mathematical models simulating the dynamics of a population of Ctenocephalides felis felis fleas on their host (the cat) and in their close environment (apartment). The model presented in this paper allows for integration of the numerous biological and behavioural parameters of the parasites and their hosts and for the variation of these same parameters. The various types of control measures can be programmed so that their impact over time can be studied. The model confirms the key role played by adult fleas, or emerged fleas contained in the cocoon. Only regular applications of persistent insecticides to the host animal will enable control of the parasite population. A combination of these insecticides with an IGR (Insect Growth Regulator) will accelerate decontamination of the home environment and see the disappearance of the parasites altogether if they are not reintroduced. The association of additional measures such as vacuum cleaning will accelerate the process of decontamination but will have no impact if carried out in isolation. One-off treatment with insecticide will not enable a reduction in the parasite population, even if carried out frequently. Use of insecticides on the home environment premises alone does not appear to be an adequate means of control. The present model can be used to test various integrated control measures which take into account different factors such as the number of host animals, the frequency of movement outdoors, the impact of the seasons.