OCCURRENCE OF TWO SPECIES OF PHLEBOTOMUS SANDFLIES (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) IN BURROWS OF YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOT, MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS NOSOPHORA, IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA | The Canadian Entomologist | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

Abstract

Males and females of Phlebotomus vexator occidentis Fairchild and Hertig and P. aquilonius Fairchild and Hardwood were collected from burrows of yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventris nosophora Howell, in southern Alberta. P. v. occidentis adults were collected from burrows at collecting sites at Police Coulee (111°39′ W. long., 49°3′ N. lat.) and Lethbridge (112°52′ W. long., 49°39′ N. lat.), whereas P. aquilonius adults were collected only at the Police Coulee site. The Lethbridge location is a new northern limit for distribution of P. v. occidentis. The seasonal occurrence of adults of P. v. occidentis is July to September and P. aquilonius is August to mid-October.

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