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The taxonomy of Brazilian insects vectors of transmissible diseases (1900-2000) - then and now

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000
A brief historical overview is given of the most relevant taxonomic studies of insect groups vectors of transmissible diseases in Brazil, from the "heroic" times of the foundation of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro up to the present.
Nelson Papavero   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Susceptibility of adult cat fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) to insecticides and status of insecticide resistance mutations at the Rdl and knockdown resistance loci [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This is an Open Access article. © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg.The susceptibility of 12 field-collected isolates and 4 laboratory strains of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis was determined by topical application of some of ...
AW Farnham   +31 more
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An update on the distribution and nomenclature of fleas (Order Siphonaptera) of bats (Order Chiroptera) and rodents (Order Rodentia) from La Rioja Province, Argentina

open access: yesZooKeys, 2017
The mammalian and flea fauna of La Rioja Province is one of the least known from northwestern Argentina. In this study, the distribution and nomenclature of 13 species of fleas of bats and rodents from La Rioja Province are updated. Four species of fleas
M. Fernanda López Berrizbeitia   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Preliminary Checklist of the Mecoptera of Florida: Earwigflies, Hangingflies, and Scorpionflies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
We provide the first species checklist of Mecoptera indigenous to Florida, based upon preliminary data gathered primarily from specimens housed in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods.
Dunford, James C., Somma, Louis A.
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First record of Xenopsylla gratiosa Jordan & Rothschild, 1923 from the Maltese Islands (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Xenopsylla gratiosa is reported for the first time from the Maltese Islands. The species was found in an abandoned nest of a Cory’s Shearwater, Calonectris diomedea on the island of Filfla.
Borg, John J.   +2 more
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Metazoarios parásitos de Tlacuatzin canescens y Marmosa mexicana (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia) de México

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012
Como parte de un estudio sobre los metazoarios parásitos de mamíferos de México se recolectaron 4 ejemplares de ratones tlacuache: 2 de Tlacuatzin canescens (Allen, 1893) procedentes de Oaxaca y 2 de Marmosa mexicana Merriam, 1897 de Veracruz.
Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

PRELIMINARY STUDIES IN SIPHONAPTERA.—VI [PDF]

open access: yesThe Canadian Entomologist, 1895
Genus Hystrichopsylla, Tschb.1880. Taschenberg, Die Flohe, p. 83.This genus has but a single species:—Hystrichopsylla obtusiceps, Ritsema1826. Curtis Brit. Ent., III., No. 114 (Pulex taipæ).1831. Macquart, Ann. d. Sci. Nat., XXII., p. 405 (Pulex terrestris).1868. Ritsema, Tijds. voor Entom., 2 ser. III., p. 173 (Pulex obtusiceps).1880. Taschenberg, Die
openaire   +5 more sources

Biodiversity of rodent fleas in plague endemic areas of India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Rodent fleas have been considered as the main vector for plague transmission in the rodent population and human plague outbreak usually occur due to the close association of infected rodent fleas with the human being.
Biswas, S.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A description of four new species of fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) from Angola, Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, and Peru

open access: yesZooKeys, 2009
Four new species of fleas are described: Aphropsylla truncata sp. n. (Ethiopia), Ectinorus hirsutus sp. n. (Peru), Rhinolophopsylla traubi sp. n. (Angola), and Thaumapsylla wilsoni sp. n. (Papua New Guinea). Our understanding of the genus Aphropsylla is
Michael Hastriter
doaj   +1 more source

Pulgas (Siphonaptera) parásitas de roedores (Rodentia: Cricetidae) de la provincia de Salta, Argentina: nuevos registros de distribución [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Se mencionan nuevos registros de distribución geográfica y hospedatoria para las pulgas parásitas de roedores sigmodontinos de la provincia de Salta, Argentina.
Barquez, Ruben Marcos   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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