Reproductive Status of Four Species of Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) on Richardson's Ground Squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Manitoba, Canada

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-430

  Lindsay, L Robbin ^a,b   Galloway, Terry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neopsylla inopina; Oropsylla (Opisocrostis) bruneri; Oropsylla (Oropsylla) rupestris; Reproduction; Rhadinopsylla (Actenophthalmus) fraterna; Spermophilus richardsonii

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; NEOPSYLLA; NEOPSYLLA INOPINA; OPISOCROSTIS; OPISOCROSTIS BRUNERI; OROPSYLLA; OROPSYLLA RUPESTRIS; RHADINOPSYLLA; RHADINOPSYLLA FRATERNA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLEA; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; MALE; MANITOBA; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0032113360     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.423     Document Type: Article

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