A Study of Fleas of Rodents in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Area

In spite of the fact that Pasturella pestis, the the etiological organism of plague, has been reported from fleas and rodents in eleven counties of New Mexico, our knowledge of the fleas of the State has remained very incomplete and extremely meager. Recognizing the marked deficiency regarding our information of the Siphonaptera of New Mexico, I began in the spring of 1948 an investigation that has resulted in adding considerable information to our knowledge of the flea population of our State. The present study includes a report of 36 species and subspecies of fleas recovered from several nests and by means of examinations of over 137 rodents belonging to 12 species and subspecies