Tunga caecata

Tunga caecata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Type of:	Arthropods
Grade:	Insects
Squad:	Fleas
Suborder:	Pulicomorpha
Superfamily:	Pulicoidea
Family:	Tungidae
Gender:	Tunga
View:	Tunga caecata
Latin name
	Tunga caecata ( Enderlein , 1901)
Synonyms
	Sarcopsylla caecata Enderlein, 1901; Dermatophilus caecata (Enderlein), Jordan & Rothschild, 1906;

Tunga caecata (lat.) Is a flea species from the Tungidae family. South America : Brazil ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] .

Content

Description

Parasites of various mammalian species, among rodent hosts: black rat ( Rattus rattus ); gray rat Rattus norvegicus ; house mouse Mus musculus ( Muridae ); Akodon cursor ; Rhipidomys mastacalis ; Nectomys squamipes ( Muridae , Sigmodontinae ). Size of neosomes (hypertrophic females; length, width, height): 7 × 6 × 6 mm ^[1] ^[2] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Beaucournu, J.-C .; Degeilh, B .; Mergey, T .; Muñoz-Leal, S .; González-Acuña, D. Le genre Tunga Jarocki, 1838 (Siphonaptera: Tungidae). I - Taxonomie, phylogénie, écologie, rôle pathogène (Fr.) // Parasite: Journal. - 2012. - Vol. 19, n ^o 4 . - P. 297-308. - ISSN 1252-607X . - DOI : 10.1051 / parasite / 2012194297 .
↑ ¹ ² Linardi, Pedro Marcos; Beaucournu, Jean-Claude; de Avelar, Daniel Moreira; Belaz, Sorya. Notes on the genus Tunga (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) II - neosomes, morphology, classification, and other taxonomic notes (English) // Parasite: Journal. - 2014 .-- Vol. 21, no. 68 . - P. 1-17. - ISSN 1776-1042 . - DOI : 10.1051 / parasite / 2014067 .
↑ FLEAS Database. Siphonaptera - ZIN RAS

Literature

Beaucournu, J.-C .; Degeilh, B .; Mergey, T .; Muñoz-Leal, S .; González-Acuña, D. Le genre Tunga Jarocki, 1838 (Siphonaptera: Tungidae). I - Taxonomie, phylogénie, écologie, rôle pathogène (Fr.) // Parasite: Journal. - 2012. - Vol. 19, n ^o 4 . - P. 297-308. - ISSN 1252-607X . - DOI : 10.1051 / parasite / 2012194297 .

Links

Tunga - Encyclopedia of Life (English) Checked July 19, 2015

[Tunga1-1] ¹ ² Beaucournu, J.-C .; Degeilh, B .; Mergey, T .; Muñoz-Leal, S .; González-Acuña, D. Le genre Tunga Jarocki, 1838 (Siphonaptera: Tungidae). I - Taxonomie, phylogénie, écologie, rôle pathogène (Fr.) // Parasite: Journal. - 2012. - Vol. 19, n ^o 4 . - P. 297-308. - ISSN 1252-607X . - DOI : 10.1051 / parasite / 2012194297 .

[Tunga2-2] ¹ ² Linardi, Pedro Marcos; Beaucournu, Jean-Claude; de Avelar, Daniel Moreira; Belaz, Sorya. Notes on the genus Tunga (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) II - neosomes, morphology, classification, and other taxonomic notes (English) // Parasite: Journal. - 2014 .-- Vol. 21, no. 68 . - P. 1-17. - ISSN 1776-1042 . - DOI : 10.1051 / parasite / 2014067 .

[3] FLEAS Database. Siphonaptera - ZIN RAS