Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Ancash Department, Peru with the description of a new species, Ectinorus Alejoi (Rhopalopsyllidae), and the description of the male of Plocopsylla pallas (Rothschild, 1914) (Stephanocircidae)

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-106

  Hastriter, Michael W ^a   Zyzak, Michael D ^b   Soto, Ruler ^c   Fernandez, Roberto ^c   Solorzano, Nelson ^d   Whiting, Michael F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Peru   (Peru)

^d Brigham Young University ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

Ectinorus alejoi; Ectinorus claviger; Flea; Plocopsylla pallas; Siphonaptera

Indexed keywords

FLEA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

PERU;

CLADOCERA; CRANEOPSYLLA MINERVA; ECHIDNOPHAGA GALLINACEA; HEMISUS; INVERTEBRATA; LAGIDIUM; MAMMALIA; RHOPALOPSYLLIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPHINCTOPSYLLA; STEPHANOCIRCIDAE;

EID: 0037188739     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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