New remains of
            <i>Nalamaeryx</i>
            (Tragulidae, Mammalia) from the Ladakh Himalaya and their phylogenetical and palaeoenvironmental implications

Mennecart, Bastien; Wazir, Wasim Abass; Sehgal, Ramesh Kumar; Patnaik, Rajeev; Singh, Ningthoujam Premjit; Kumar, Navin; Nanda, A. C.

doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2014479

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“…The simple morphology of Ancistropsyllidae resembles both infraorder Ceratophyllomorpha and paraphyletic pulicomorphs and although it has never been analyzed molecularly, suggests an early flea family [4,8,33]. Found in Indo-Malaya and Palearctic on chevrotains (Artiodactylidae: Tragulidae), primitive ungulates that do not appear until the Oligocene (34 to 23 million years ago) [34], many of this flea's original hosts may be extinct.…”

Section: Ancistropsyllidae (Chevrotain Fleas) 1 Genus 3 Species 0 Sub...mentioning

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Flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) Family Diversity

Bossard,

Lareschi,

Urdapilleta

et al. 2023

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This overview of extant Siphonaptera lists 19 families with major hosts and general distribution, estimated numbers of genera, species, and subspecies, with a brief taxonomic and phylogenetic review. With around 10 new species described annually, global flea fauna has an estimated extant 249 genera, 2215 species, and 714 subspecies, mostly mammal parasites but 5% of species are on birds. Host specificity varies from euryxenous (i.e. infesting two or more host orders)(e.g. cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis felis) to monoxenous (e.g. rabbit fleas, Spilopsyllus cuniculi) . The largest family is the paraphyletic Hystrichopsyllidae, making up a third of all flea species. The largest monophyletic family, Ceratophyllidae (rodent and bird fleas), comprise another 20%, and has dispersed to every continent including Antarctica. Fleas descend from scorpionflies (Mecoptera), possibly snow scorpionflies (Boreidae) or Nannochoristidae, and even giant fossils found from the Mesozoic could be Siphonaptera. Flea diversification shows evidence of taxon cycles: "Relict" families such as helmet fleas (Stephanocircidae) have a disjunct distribution reflecting the breakup of Gondwanaland, 70 million years ago. "Niche specialists" include nest fleas (Anomiopsyllus), bat fleas (Ischnopsyllidae), and burrowing fleas, the chigoes (Tungidae). By contrast, Ceratophyllidae fleas could be considered "great speciators". Cat fleas and several other synanthropic flea species are invasive "supertramps". Although those species are intensively studied, many flea species and their hosts require urgent surveys and conservation.

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Section: Ancistropsyllidae (Chevrotain Fleas) 1 Genus 3 Species 0 Sub...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) Family Diversity

Bossard,

Lareschi,

Urdapilleta

et al. 2023

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“…The simple morphology of Ancistropsyllidae resembles both the infraorder Ceratophyllomorpha and paraphyletic pulicomorph fleas, but with a curiously "bent" ctenidium, and although it has never been analyzed molecularly, this suggests an early flea family [4,8,33]. Found in Indomalaya and the Palearctic on chevrotains (Artiodactylidae: Tragulidae), primitive ungulates that did not appear until the Oligocene (34 to 23 million years ago) [34], many of this flea's original hosts may be extinct.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) Family Diversity

Bossard,

Lareschi,

Urdapilleta

et al. 2023

Diversity

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This overview of extant Siphonaptera lists 19 families with major hosts and their general distribution, estimated numbers of genera, species, and subspecies, with a brief taxonomic and phylogenetic review. With around 10 new species described annually, extant flea fauna comprises an estimated 249 genera, 2215 species, and 714 subspecies globally, mostly mammal parasites, but 5% of species are on birds. Host specificity varies from euryxenous (i.e., infesting two or more host orders) (e.g., cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis felis) to monoxenous (e.g., rabbit fleas, Spilopsyllus cuniculi). The largest family is the paraphyletic Hystrichopsyllidae, making up a third of all flea species. The largest monophyletic family, Ceratophyllidae (rodent and bird fleas), comprises another 20% and has dispersed to every continent, including Antarctica. Fleas descend from scorpionflies (Mecoptera), possibly snow scorpionflies (Boreidae) or Nannochoristidae, and even giant fossils found from the Mesozoic could be Siphonaptera. The diversification of fleas shows evidence of taxon cycles. “Relict” families, such as helmet fleas (Stephanocircidae), have a disjunct distribution reflecting the breakup of Gondwanaland 70 million years ago. “Niche specialists” include nest fleas (Anomiopsyllus), bat fleas (Ischnopsyllidae), and burrowing fleas, such as chigoes (Tungidae). By contrast, Ceratophyllidae fleas could be considered “great speciators”. Cat fleas and several other synanthropic flea species are invasive “supertramps”. Although those species are intensively studied, many flea species and their hosts require urgent surveys and conservation.

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New materials of Lophiomeryx (Artiodactyla: Lophiomerycidae) from the Oligocene of Nei Mongol, China

Wang,

Zhang

2023

J Mammal Evol

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New remains of Nalamaeryx (Tragulidae, Mammalia) from the Ladakh Himalaya and their phylogenetical and palaeoenvironmental implications

Cited by 8 publications

References 48 publications

Flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) Family Diversity

Flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) Family Diversity

Flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) Family Diversity

New materials of Lophiomeryx (Artiodactyla: Lophiomerycidae) from the Oligocene of Nei Mongol, China

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