Acta Entomologica Sinica (1998) 41, 77-81

Zhonglai Li and Yaoxing Zhang (1998)
[The yearly dynamics relationship between burrow nest flea index and population of Citellus dauricus]
Acta Entomologica Sinica 41 (1), 77-81
Abstract: According to the fluctuation of population of Citellus dauricus and its nest flea index in Wuningbatu Sumu, Zhengxiangbai Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region during 1981~1993, the authors have found that there are ten flea species with Citellophilus tesquorum mongolicus (45.4%) as the most dominant member, Frontopsylla luculenta (25. 0%) the second and Neopsylla abagaitui (21.3%) the third. N. bidentatiformis and Ophthalmopsylla praefecta are only of common occurrence whereas other species are rather scarce. The correlation between the host population and its burrow nest flea index is not significant (P>0. 10). But the correlation between the host population and the flea infection rate of its burrow nest is significant (P<0. 05). The diversity and evenness of flea species seem stable in different years. Furthermore, the correlation between the body flea index and burrow nest flea index is significant (P<0. 02) , i. e. , burrow flea index=4. 0849+8.7483 body flea index. The mean value of the burrow flea index is 9. 74 times as high as that of the body flea index, and the difference between them is significant (P<0. 005).
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(original language: Chinese)

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Neopsylla bidentatiformis		China (NE)
	Citellophilus tesquorum		China (NE)