Fleas (Siphonaptera) of the Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) in West Virginia with comments on host specificity

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 233-236

  Castleberry, Steven B ^a   Castleberry, Nikole L ^b   Wood, Petra Bohall ^c   Ford, W Mark ^d   Mengak, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Mantech Inc   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; HOST SPECIFICITY; RODENT;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

CAVERNICOLA; CERATOPHYLLIDAE; CTENOPHTHALMIDAE; EPITEDIA; EPITEDIA CAVERNICOLA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FLORIDANA; NEOTOMA MAGISTER; ORCHOPEAS; ORCHOPEAS PENNSYLVANICUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0037235683     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0233:FSOTAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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