Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Ambatofotsikely, P. O. Box: 1274, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
Vectopole Amazonien Emile Abonnenc, Institut Pasteur de Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, 97306 Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana, France.
J Med Entomol. 2021 Jul 16;58(4):1701-1716. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjab023.
Madagascar has an important diversity of fleas (Siphonaptera), which almost species do not exist elsewhere. Scientists have provided huge efforts to improve knowledge on Malagasy fleas since the middle of 1900s particularly by investigating topics such as taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and flea vector role. Since then, new species discovery has increased and currently, 48 species are recorded which the majority is endemic. Therefore, it becomes necessary to have updated keys to identify species membership. This paper presents morphological-based keys to identify at genus and species levels adult fleas reported as occurring in Madagascar. Illustrations are proposed to make easier the observation of morphological criteria, which may be tricky for sibling species.
马达加斯加拥有丰富多样的跳蚤（蚤目），其中几乎没有其他地方存在的物种。自 20 世纪中期以来，科学家们为提高对马达加斯加跳蚤的认识付出了巨大努力，特别是通过研究分类学、系统学、生物地理学和跳蚤媒介作用等课题。此后，新物种的发现有所增加，目前记录有 48 种，其中大部分为特有种。因此，有必要更新鉴定物种的关键。本文提供了基于形态的关键鉴定成年跳蚤的属和种水平的关键，这些跳蚤据报道在马达加斯加出现。提出了插图，以便更容易观察形态标准，这对于近缘种可能具有挑战性。
