The flea genus Sigmactenus (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae): A new species from Timor and new material from New Guinea and the Philippines

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 432-437

  Durden, Lance A ^a   Beaucournu, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; FLEA; HOST; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHILIPPINES; RAT; SIGMACTENUS TIMORENSIS; TIMOR-LESTE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHILIPPINES;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; LEPTOPSYLLIDAE; MURINAE; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS TANEZUMI; RATTUS TIMORENSIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0033936380     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0432:tfgssl]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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