Stick-tight fleas in the nostrils and below the tongue: Evolution of an extraordinary infestation site in Hectopsylla (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-137

  Blank, Stephan M ^a   Kutzscher, Christian ^a   Masello, Juan F ^b,e   Pilgrim, Robert L C ^d   Quillfeldt, Petra ^c,e  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bionomics; Host relationship; Identification; Morphology; New species; Phylogeny; Psittaciformes; Spatial dispersal; Tunga penetrans

Indexed keywords

AVES; CYANOLISEUS PATAGONUS; HECTOPSYLLA; HECTOPSYLLA PULEX; MAMMALIA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA; TUNGA PENETRANS; TUNGINAE;

EID: 33846075282     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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