Megabothris (Gebiella) turbidus (Rothschild 1909)
- Dataset
- Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Turkey: species composition, geographical distribution and host associations
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Siphonaptera
- family
- Ceratophyllidae
- genus
- Megabothris
- species
- Megabothris turbidus
biology_ecology
Hosts. Rodentia — Apodemus sylvaticus, Chionomys roberti (as Microtus roberti), Dryomys nitedula, Microtus arvalis, Microtus guentheri, Microtus majori (as Pitymys majori), Myodes glareolus (as Clethrionomys glareolus). Distribution in Turkey. Bolu (Abant) (Lewis & Lewis 1965); Artvin (Ardanuç), Giresun (Dereli / Yavuzkemal village), Rize (Çamlıhemşin, İkizdere) (Peus 1977); a specific location was not determined (Traub et al. 1983); Amasya (Taşova), Çorum (Kargı), Kütahya (Mount Murat) (Orhan & Beaucournu 1986).
materials_examined
Type depository. HOF (holotype).