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Pulgas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) asociadas al marsupial neotropical amenazado “monito del monte” (Dromiciops gliroides Microbiotheria: Microbiotheriidae), en su población más austral de la Argentina [PDF]

, 2018
Dromiciops, nocturnal marsupial genus endemic to the temperate forests of southern South America, is the only living representative of the Order Microbiotheria. Here we study the Siphonapteran fauna of Dromiciops gliroides ?monito del monte?
Gurovich, Yamila, Sánchez, Juliana Patricia   +1 more
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Effect of temperature and relative humidity on the development times and survival of Synopsyllus fonquerniei and Xenopsylla cheopis, the flea vectors of plague in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2016
Acknowledgements We would like to thank Dr Lila Rahalison and Jocelyn Ratovonjato for their advice and help during the experiment. We are grateful to the staff of the Plague Unit and the Medical Entomology Unit at the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar ...
Baylis, Matthew, Kreppel, Katharina S., Morse, Andy, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Telfer, Sandra   +4 more
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Comparison of water and terrestrial jumping in natural and robotic insects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1537, Issue 1, Page 13-31, July 2024.
Jumping of small creatures demands high power to surpass size‐related speed limits. They employ various mechanisms to amplify power release. Furthermore, semi‐aquatic jumpers use specialized techniques to maximize the momentum transfer from the water.
Je‐Sung Koh, Sang‐Min Baek, Baekgyeom Kim, Kyu‐Jin Cho, Ho‐Young Kim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An update on the distribution and nomenclature of fleas (Order Siphonaptera) of bats (Order Chiroptera) and rodents (Order Rodentia) from La Rioja Province, Argentina

ZooKeys, 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, R. Tatiana Sánchez, Ruben M. Barquez, M. Monica Díaz   +3 more
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The evolutionary history of Coleoptera (Insecta) in the late Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic

Systematic Entomology, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 355-388, July 2024.
Structural transformations of the elytra and abdomen played a major role in the early beetle evolution in the Permian. Polyphaga appear late in the fossil record, with only a few fossils of Elateriformia in the Late Triassic. Several factors were involved in the enormous diversification of beetles in the Cretaceous but evolutionary interactions with ...
Rolf G. Beutel, Chunpeng Xu, Edmund Jarzembowski, Robin Kundrata, Brendon E. Boudinot, Duane D. McKenna, Jakub Goczał   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of the flea Ceratophyllus wui (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018
The complete mitogenome sequence of the flea, Ceratophyllus wui (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae), was sequenced. The 18,081 bp long genome has the standard metazoan complement of 37 genes. These genes contain 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes,
Liangfei Tan, Xuhua Guan, Lingyao Zhang, Fen Zhu, Chaoliang Lei   +4 more
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Metazoarios parásitos de Tlacuatzin canescens y Marmosa mexicana (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia) de México

Revista 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, Luis García-Prieto, Roxana Acosta-Gutiérrez, Jorge Falcón-Ordaz, Livia León-Paniagua   +4 more
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Preliminary archaeoentomological analyses of permafrost-preserved cultural layers from the pre-contact Yup’ik Eskimo site of Nunalleq, Alaska : implications, potential and methodological considerations [PDF]

, 2015
Acknowledgements Site excavation and samples collection were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen, with the help of archaeologists and student excavators from the University of Aberdeen University of Alaska Fairbanks and Bryn Mawr ...
Arnett R. H., Arnett R. H., Bain A. L., Barker J. H., Birks H. J. B., Borror D. J., Bousquet Y., Bresciani J., Bresciani J., Buckland P. C., Buckland P. C., Buckland P. C., Böcher J., Cappers R. T. J., Coope G. R., Elias S. A., Fienup-Riordan A., Fienup-Riordan A., Forbes V., Forbes V., Frink L., Haarløv N., Hall A. R., Hansen J. P. H., Hartman C. W., Hastorf C. A., Hoffecker J. F., Kate Britton, Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Kenward H. K., Koch K., Larsson S. G., Lutz B. J., Oswalt W. H., Pearsall D. M., Peterson A., Phipps J., Price M. A., Rick Knecht, Sadler J. P., Sadler J. P., Shaw R. D., Séguy E., Vanstone J. W., Véronique Forbes   +48 more
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First record of Xenopsylla gratiosa Jordan & Rothschild, 1923 from the Maltese Islands (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) [PDF]

, 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., Mifsud, David, Sultana, Joe   +2 more
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Preliminary Checklist of the Mecoptera of Florida: Earwigflies, Hangingflies, and Scorpionflies [PDF]

, 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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