The influence of life history characteristics on flea (Siphonaptera) species distribution models

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Microhabitat preference, host specificity, number of unique occurrence records and two measures of model performance (AUC and TSS) for each flea species

Species	Microhabitat preference	Host specificity^a	Occurrence records	AUC^b	TSS^b
Chiastopsylla coraxis	nest	opportunistic	51	0.907	0.694
Chiastopsylla mulleri simplex	fur/nest	specific	26	0.948	0.752
Chiastopsylla pitchfordi	nest	opportunistic	58	0.907	0.706
Chiastopsylla quadrisetis	fur/nest	specific	15	0.940	0.804
Chiastopsylla rossi	nest	opportunistic	88	0.545	0.067
Ctenopthalmus calceatus	fur/nest	opportunistic	85	0.848	0.518
Demeillonia granti	fur	specific	15	0.737	0.386
Dinopsyllus ellobius	fur/nest	opportunistic	439	0.646	0.231
Dinopsyllus lypusus	fur	opportunistic	34	0.894	0.545
Epirimia aganippes	fur	opportunistic	52	0.738	0.280
Listropsylla agrippinae	fur	opportunistic	150	0.760	0.360
Listropsylla chelura chelura	nest	specific	50	0.821	0.454
Listropsylla dorripae	nest	specific	70	0.695	0.277
Listropsylla fouriei	nest	specific	13	0.665	0.272
Listropsylla prominens	fur	opportunistic	28	0.882	0.519
Praopsylla powelli	fur/nest	specific	15	0.885	0.560
Xenopsylla eridos	nest	opportunistic	134	0.810	0.499
Xenopsylla mulleri	nest	specific	10	0.978	0.763
Xenopsylla pirei	nest	opportunistic	284	0.737	0.423
Xenopsylla trifaria	nest	specific	24	0.733	0.363
Xenopsylla versuta	fur/nest	specific	32	0.890	0.636

^aOpportunistic (recorded from > 2 host species) and specific (recorded from ≤ 2 host species)
^bAUC, area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC); TSS, True Skill Statistic

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