TY - GEN A1 - Peck, Stewart B. T1 - Distribution and biology of the ectoparasitic beetles Leptinillus validus (Horn) and L. aplodontiae Ferris of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Platypsyllinae) T2 - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics N2 - The distribution and biology of the beetles Leptinillus validus (Horn) and L. aplodontiae Ferris are summarized for North America. The beetles are ectoparasitic on rodents; L. validus on the beaver, Castor canadensis Linnaeus (Castoridae) throughout the northern part of its range, and L. aplodontiae on the mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa (Rafinesque) (Aplodontidae) in the Pacific Northwest. T3 - Insecta Mundi - 0003 Y1 - 2007 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/13233 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1141269 UR - http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/ SN - 1942-1354 SN - 0749-6737 PB - Center for Systematic Entomology CY - Gainesville, Fla. ER -