Systematic Review of the Genus Acropsylla Rothschild, 1911 (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae), with Notes on Certain Fleas from Northern Thailand

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 390-395

  Hastriter, Michael W ^a,b   Tanskul, Panita ^a   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropsylla, fleas; Leptopsyllidae; Siphonaptera; Thailand

Indexed keywords

LEPTOPSYLLIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLEA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLEAS; MALE; THAILAND;

EID: 0032110459     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.390     Document Type: Article

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