New species of the fleas Farhangia and Nestivalius, from endemic rodents in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-86

  Mardon, D K ^b   Durden, L A ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farhangia quattuordecimdentata; Farhangia sedecimdentata; Fleas; Murine rodents; Nestivalius sulawesiensis; Prosciurillus; Pygiopsyllidae; Pygmy squirrels; Sulawesi

Indexed keywords

FLEA; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLEA; HISTOLOGY; INDONESIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLEAS; INDONESIA; MALE; RODENTIA;

INDONESIA;

ANIMALIA; CALLOSCIURUS; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSCIURUS FLAVIVENTER; MURINAE; PROSCIURILLUS; PROSCIURILLUS LEUCOMUS; PROSCIURILLUS MURINUS; PYGIOPSYLLIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0242500355     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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