Descriptions of flea larvae (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae: Ceratophyllus spp.) found in the nests of swallows (Aves: Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in North America, north of Mexico

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-37

  Pilgrim, Robert L C ^a   Galloway, Terry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEA; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CANIDAE; CERATOPHYLLIDAE; CERATOPHYLLUS; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; CERATOPHYLLUS IDIUS; CERATOPHYLLUS PETROCHELIDONI; HIRUNDINIDAE; NEARCTIC; PASSERIFORMES; SIPHONAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0034027411     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent13215-1     Document Type: Article

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