Entomological Review

, Volume 98, Issue 1, pp 117–124 | Cite as

Patterns of Formation of the Fauna of Fleas (Siphonaptera) Parasitizing Mammals in the Stavropol Upland and Adjacent Territories

Article
First Online:
Received:
  • 4 Downloads

Abstract

According to the recent data, 55 species of fleas parasitizing 65 species of mammals were recorded in the Stavropol Upland (central Ciscaucasia, Russia). The fauna of the region comprises 87% of the total species composition of Ciscaucasian fleas. Most of these species are widely distributed on the Caucasian Isthmus and also in the Eastern Mediterranean. Of them, 14 species are polyzonal, 14 mostly occur in forest-steppes, 7 in foreststeppes and steppes, 12 in steppes and semi-deserts, and 7 species occur in semi-deserts. According to paleogeographic reconstructions, in the Pliocene the Stavropol Upland was colonized by the flea species from the forest landscapes of Southern Europe and also of Southwest Asia and Asia Minor. Later, in the Pleistocene and Holocene, the Caucasian Isthmus continued to be colonized by mesophilous species from Southern Europe and by semi-desert species from Southern Siberia and the Turanian Province.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. 1.
    Alekseeva, L.I. and Shvyreva, A.K., “Kosyakin Quarry as a Locality of the Upper Pliocene Fauna,” in The Continental Upper Pliocene of the Ponto-Caspian Region, Ed. by P. V. Fedorov (USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1986), pp. 121–138 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  2. 2.
    Baskevich, M.I., Potapov, S.G., and Khlyap, L.A., “Karyological and Molecular Studies of Cryptic Vole Species of the Subgenus Terricola (Rodentia, Arvicolinae, Microtus) in the Caucasian Region: Analysis of New Findings,” Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 94 (8), 963–971 (2015).Google Scholar
  3. 3.
    Bekker-Megdisova, E.E., Tertiary Homoptera of Stavropol Region (Nauka, Moscow, 1965) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  4. 4.
    Dyatlov, A.I., Antonenko, A.D., Grizhebovsky, G.M., and Labunets, N.F., The Natural Focality of Plague in the Caucasus (Orfei, Stavropol, 2001) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  5. 5.
    Gabunia, L.K., The Belomechetskaya Fossil Fauna of Vertebrates (Metsniireba, Tbilisi, 1973) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  6. 6.
    Isakov, Yu.A., Zimina, R.P., and Panfilov, D.V., “The Fauna,” in The Caucasus, Ed. by I.P. Gerasimov (Nauka, Moscow, 1966), pp. 256–304 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  7. 7.
    Kot, L.A., “The Zoogeographic Characteristic of Fleas of the Central Ciscaucasia,” in Biodiversity, Biological Resources, New Materials, and Public Health in the Region, Ed. by A.L. Ivanov (Stavropol State University, Stavropol, 2011), pp. 16–19 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  8. 8.
    Kotti, B.K., Species Diversity of Fleas (Siphonaptera) of the Caucasus (North-Caucasus Federal University, Stavropol, 2014) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  9. 9.
    Kotti, B.K., “Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Mammals and Birds in the Great Caucasus,” Parazitologiya 49 (4), 289–303 (2015) [Entomological Review 95, 728-738 (2015)].Google Scholar
  10. 10.
    Kryzhanovsky, O.L., The Composition and Distribution of the Insect Faunas of the World (KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 2002) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  11. 11.
    Kuznetsov, G.V., Stakheev, V.V., Grigorieva, O.O., and Orlov, V.N., “The Role of Geographic and Biotopic Isolation in Formation of Taxonomic Diversity of Mammals,” in Biodiversity and Problems of Protection of the Caucasian Fauna, Ed. by M.G. Kalashian (Spika, Yerevan, 2014), pp. 218–222 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  12. 12.
    Matyushkin, E.N., “Regional Differentiation of the Palaearctic Forest Fauna in the Past and Present,” in Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Biogeography, Ed. by I. A. Sokolov (Nauka, Moscow, 1982), pp. 59–80 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  13. 13.
    Medvedev, S.G. and Kotti, B.K., “Patterns of Formation of the Flea (Siphonaptera) Fauna in the Caucasus,” Parazitologiya 45 (6), 470–487 (2011) [Entomological Review 92 (4), 409-422 (2012)].Google Scholar
  14. 14.
    Medvedev, S.G. and Kotti, B.K., “Host Associations and Origin of the Caucasian Fauna of Fleas (Siphonaptera),” Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 91 (4), 714–734 (2012) [Entomological Review 93 (3), 293-309 (2013)].Google Scholar
  15. 15.
    Myalkovsky, V.A., “Assessment of the Species Composition and Dynamics of the Small Mammal Fauna of the Terek-Kuma Interfluve in the Holocene,” in History and Evolution of the Recent Rodent Fauna: Neogene to Present, Ed. by V. E. Sokolov (Nauka, Moscow, 1983), pp. 237–255 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  16. 16.
    Onishchenko, G.G. and Kutyrev, V.V., Natural Plague Foci in the Caucasus, Caspian Region, Central Asia, and Siberia (Meditsina, Moscow, 2004) [in Russian]Google Scholar
  17. 17.
    Pavlinov, I.Ya. and Lisovsky, A.A., The Mammals of Russia: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference Book (KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 2012) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  18. 18.
    Peus, F., Flöhe aus Anatolien und anderen Ländern des Nahen Ostens (Zoologischen-Botanischen Gesellschaft, Wien, 1977).Google Scholar
  19. 19.
    Roshkovskaya, O.A., “On the Study of the Rat Fleas of Voroshilovsk and Some Other Areas of the North Caucasus,” Vestnik Mikrobiologii, Epidemiologii Parazitologii 15 (3-4), 424–429 (1936).Google Scholar
  20. 20.
    Shalnev, V.A. and Vodopyanova, D.S., Recent Landscapes of Stavropol Territory (North-Caucasus Federal University, Stavropol, 2014) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  21. 21.
    Sokolov, V.E. and Tembotov, A.K., The Mammals of the Caucasus: Insectivora (Nauka, Moscow, 1989) [in Russian]Google Scholar
  22. 22.
    Tarasov, M.P., A Key to the Rodents and Lagomorphs of the North Caucasus (Stavropol State University, Stavropol, 2002) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  23. 23.
    Tembotov, A.K., Geography of Mammals of the North Caucasus (Elbrus, Nalchik, 1972) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  24. 24.
    Tembotov, A.K. and Kazakov, B.A., “Vertebrates of the Latitudinal Zones and Altitudinal Belts of the North Caucasus,” in Resources of the Living Fauna, Issue 2, Ed. by A. K. Tembotov (Rostov State University, Rostov, 1982), pp. 37–102 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  25. 25.
    Tembotova, F.A., “Ecological and Genetic Groups of Insectivores (Mammalia) of the Caucasus,” in Problems of Development of Biology and Chemistry in the North Caucasus, Ed. by S. I. Sigida (Stavropol State University, Stavropol, 1999), pp. 33–34 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  26. 26.
    Tesakov, A.S., Bio stratigraphy of the Middle Pliocene—Eopleistocene of Eastern Europe, Based on Small Mammals (Nauka, Moscow, 2004) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  27. 27.
    Tesakov, A.S. and Pismenskaya, G.A., “New Data on Fossil Mammals from the Upper Pliocene Deposits of East Stavropol Region,” in Evolution of Life on Earth, Ed. by V. M. Podobina (Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 2005), pp. 309–314 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  28. 28.
    Titov, V.V., Large Mammals of the Late Pliocene of the Northeast Sea of Azov Region (Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, 2008) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  29. 29.
    Varshavsky, S.N., Shilov, M.N., Golubev, P.D., and Kozakevich, V.P., “The Range History and Dispersal of the Norway Rat in the Ciscaucasia,” Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody. Otdel Biologicheskii 94 (2), 33–39 (1989).Google Scholar
  30. 30.
    Vereshchagin, N.K., “On the History of the Vertebrate Fauna and Development of Landscapes of Stavropol Region in the Neogene,” in Materials for the Study of Stavropol Territory, Issue 6, Ed. by P. V. Gosdanker (Stavropolskoe Knizhnoe Izdatelstvo, Stavropol, 1954), pp. 169–176 [in Russian].Google Scholar
  31. 31.
    Vereshchagin, N.K., Mammals of the Caucasus (USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1959) [in Russian].Google Scholar
  32. 32.
    Vereshchagin, N.K. and Gromov, I.M., “The Past of the Fauna and Flora of Stavropol Region,” Priroda, No. 7, 103–104 (1953).Google Scholar

Copyright information

© Pleiades Publishing, Inc. 2018

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.North-Caucasus Federal UniversityStavropolRussia
  2. 2.Stavropol Antiplague Scientific Research InstituteStavropolRussia

Personalised recommendations