Fróðskaparrit - 31.12.2000, Blaðsíða 138

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CHECKLIST OF THE FLEAS ON THE FAROE ISLANDS
Material examined:
Stóra Dímun - 23 males, 35 females - 17 July 1997 -
Kinna úr Dímun leg. - from nests of Kittiwakes
(Rissa tridactyla)
Mykines - 17 males, 18 females - 14 August 1998 -
Jens-Kjeld Jensen leg. - from nests of Kittiwakes
(Rissa tridactyla)
8. Ceratophyllus gallinae gallinae
(Schrank) - (figs. 12 and 13)
This bird flea has been known in the Faroe
Islands ever since fleas were collected. In
the Faroese language it is known as the
“starling-flea” (stara loppa). It is one of the
commonest - if not the commonest flea. It
is recorded from about 75 different hosts; it
prefers relatively dty nests in shrubs or
trees and is especially common in the nests
of Starlings, Flouse Sparrows, crows, tits
(Parus spp), owls (Athene, Asio, Strix,
Tyto), wagtails (Motacilla) etc. It is a com-
mon flea of poultry and often becomes a
real pest in heri-houses - it attacks man
readily as most bird fleas do.
f ff Ceratophyllus g.
f I gallinae
female
Material examined:
Tórshavn - 1 male - 19 April 1991 - Dorete Bloch leg
Tórshavn - 1 female - 6 may 1991 - Dorete Bloch leg.
Tórshavn - 1 female - 13 january 1992 - Dorete Bloch
leg.
Tórshavn - 1 female - 21 May 1992 - Dorete Bloch
leg.
Hvalvík - 1 female - 1 June 1992 - Dorete Bloch leg.
Tórshavn - 1 male, 2 females - 13 May 1994 - Dorete
Bloch leg. - indoors.
Kollafjørður - 1 male Nov. 1995 - Jens-Kjeld Jensen
leg. - on a Common Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Tórshavn - 1 female - ? 1996 - Bergur Hanusson leg.
- on a woman.
Nólsoy - 1 male - 25 May 1996 - Jens-Kjeld Jensen
leg. - on a Whiíethroat (Sylvia communis)
Nólsoy - 1 male - 16 December 1996 - Jens-Kjeld
Jensen leg. - on a House Sparrow (Passer
domesticus)
Tórshavn - 1 female - ? 1997 - Ruth Simonsen leg. -
on a Cat (Felis domestica).
Nólsoy - 1 female - 2 may 1997 - Jens-Kjeld Jensen
leg. - on Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Nólsoy 1 male - 5 May 1997 - Jens-Kjeld Jensen leg.
- on a Blackbird (Turdus merula).
Nólsoy - 1 male, 1 female - 11 May 1997 - Jens-Kjeld
Jensen leg. - on a Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Nólsoy - 1 female - 21 May 1997 - Jens-Kjeld Jensen
leg. - on a Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Nólsoy - 1 female - 31 May 1997 - Jens-Kjeld Jensen
leg. - on a Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Sumba - 16 males, 56 females - 5 June 1997 - Jens-
Kjeld Jensen leg. - from nests of Starlings (Stumus
vulgaris)