| new host and locality records of coccidia (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from rodents in the southwestern and western united states. | one hundred forty-seven murid and heteromyid rodents were collected from various sites in the southwestern and western united states (arizona, colorado, new mexico, texas, and utah) and baja california norte, mexico, and their feces were examined for coccidial parasites. of these, 53 (36%) were infected with at least 1 coccidian; 45 of 53 (85%) of the infected rodents harbored only 1 species of coccidian. infected rodents included: 10 of 22 (45%) neotoma albigula, 3 of 11 (27%) neotoma floridana ... | 1991 | 1779282 |
| polygenis martinezbaezi (siphonaptera: rhopalopsyllidae) reared from a rodent nest found in the peloncillo mountains of southwestern new mexico. | a 3rd species of the flea genus polygenis jordan was added to the u.s. fauna by extension of known range from mexico into new mexico. eleven males and 24 females of p. martinezbaezi vargas were reared from a rodent nest, probably that of a yellow-nosed cotton rat, sigmodon ochrognathus bailey. | 1998 | 9701923 |