Tunga trimamillata

Tunga trimamillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Type of:	Arthropods
Grade:	Insects
Squad:	Fleas
Suborder:	Pulicomorpha
Superfamily:	Pulicoidea
Family:	Tungidae
Gender:	Tunga
View:	Tunga trimamillata
Latin name
	Tunga trimamillata Pampiglione, Trentini, Fioraventi, Onore & Rivasi, 2002

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

Content

Description

Parasites of various species of mammals, among the hosts: domestic goat ( Capra hircus ); cow ( Bos taurus ); pig ( Sus scrofa ); sheep ( Ovis aries ; ungulates ); human ( Homo sapiens ). Size of neosomes (hypertrophic females; length, width, height): 12 × 5 × 5 mm ^[1] ^[2] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] .

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
↑ PAMPIGLIONE S. & FIORAVENTI ML A report of Tunga penetrans (Insecta: Siphonaptera) in man in Brazil in 1557. Parassitologia, 2002, 44 (Suppl. 1), 128
↑ PAMPIGLIONE S., TRENTINI M., FIORAVENTI ML, ONORE G. & RIVASI F. Additional description of a new species of Tunga (Siphonaptera) from Ecuador. - Parasite, 2003, 10, 9-15.
↑ PAMPIGLIONE S., TRENTINI M., FIORAVENTI ML & GUSTINELLI A. Differential diagnosis between Tunga penetrans (L., 1758) and T. trimamillata Pampiglione et al., 2002, the two species of the genus Tunga parasitic in man. - Parasite, 2004, 11, 51-57.

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

[4] PAMPIGLIONE S. & FIORAVENTI ML A report of Tunga penetrans (Insecta: Siphonaptera) in man in Brazil in 1557. Parassitologia, 2002, 44 (Suppl. 1), 128

[5] PAMPIGLIONE S., TRENTINI M., FIORAVENTI ML, ONORE G. & RIVASI F. Additional description of a new species of Tunga (Siphonaptera) from Ecuador. - Parasite, 2003, 10, 9-15.

[6] PAMPIGLIONE S., TRENTINI M., FIORAVENTI ML & GUSTINELLI A. Differential diagnosis between Tunga penetrans (L., 1758) and T. trimamillata Pampiglione et al., 2002, the two species of the genus Tunga parasitic in man. - Parasite, 2004, 11, 51-57.