Kotti B K
Parazitologiia. 2015 Jul-Aug;49(4):289-303.
There are 116 species of fleas in the territory of the Great Caucasus. 21 species are parasites of birds, others are the fleas of mammals. Among 41 genera of Caucasus' fauna only Caenopsylla, Phaenopsylla and Araeopsylla are absent in the Great Caucasus. There are 11 endemic species. Fleas of 66 species are distributed along all mountain system. Parasites of some birds and carnivorous mammals, insectivores and rodents live from lowlands till highlands. Some species are living at the forest altitudinal belt, others prefer the foothills and the mid-height areas; they are absent atthe highlands. Their hosts may live at all longitudinal belts; the distribution of other species is limited to lowlands in accordance with distribution of their main hosts.
大高加索地区有116种跳蚤。其中21种是鸟类寄生虫，其他的是哺乳动物的跳蚤。在高加索地区动物区系的41个属中，只有盲蚤属、鬃蚤属和异蚤属在大高加索地区没有。有11个特有物种。66种跳蚤分布在整个山脉系统。一些鸟类、食肉哺乳动物、食虫动物和啮齿动物的寄生虫从低地一直生活到高地。一些物种生活在森林海拔带，另一些则更喜欢山麓和中高地区；高地没有它们的身影。它们的宿主可能生活在所有的经度带；其他物种的分布则根据其主要宿主的分布局限于低地。
