Life cycle and morphology of Steinina ctenocephali (Ross 1909) comb. nov. (Eugregarinorida: Actinocephalidae), a gregarine of Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 763-772

  Alarcón, Mauricio E ^a   Huang, Chin Gi ^a   Tsai, Yi Shang ^a   Chen, Wei June ^b   Dubey, Anil Kumar ^a   Wu, Wen Jer ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Gregarina ctenocephali; Gregarine; Life cycle; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ACTINOCEPHALIDAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; GREGARINA; GREGARINIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 80155143476     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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