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OCCURRENCE OF TWO SPECIES OF PHLEBOTOMUS SANDFLIES (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) IN BURROWS OF YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOT, MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS NOSOPHORA, IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. A. Shemanchuk ,
R.H. Robertson  and
K.R. Depner
J. A. Shemanchuk
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1
R.H. Robertson
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1
K.R. Depner
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1
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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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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 12 , December 1978 , pp. 1355 - 1358
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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