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Latitudinal gradients in body size and sexual size dimorphism in fleas: males drive Bergmann's pattern

Integrative Zoology, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 414-426, May 2023., 2023
Male but not female fleas demonstrated latitudinal gradient in body size. Appendage length was not associated with latitude. The degree of sexual size dimorphism decreased with a decrease in latitude. Abstract We tested for the effects of latitude and geographic range size (GRS) on body size, leg length, and sexual size dimorphism (SSD) across 103 ...
Boris R. KRASNOV, Elena N. SURKOVA, Georgy I. SHENBROT, Irina S. KHOKHLOVA   +3 more
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Study on Ectoparasites of Free‐Ranging Domestic Cats (Felidae; Felis catus) and Introducing Trichodectes canis as a New Record Louse in Tehran Urban Parks, Iran

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Free‐ranging domestic cats (Felidae, Felis catus) can potentially play host to some life‐threatening zoonotic pathogens including ectoparasites such as fleas, ticks, and lice. These ectoparasites are capable of transmitting zoonotic disease. Cats (Felis catus) were captured using baited cage traps with raw red meat from five parks in central areas of ...
Amrollah Azarm, Abedin Saghafipour, Saeideh Yousefi, Fatemeh Shahidi, Ali Reza Zahraei-Ramazani, Brian Bahder   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

What’s Eating You? Oriental Rat Flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) [PDF]

Cutis, 2020
The oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is an ectoparasite of small mammals and a vector of many diseases for which humans are incidental hosts. This species of flea is most widely known for carrying Yersinia pestis and Rickettsia typhi, the causative agents of the plague and murine typhus, respectively. Public health issues related to X cheopis may
Leah Ellis, Wells, Dirk M, Elston
openaire   +2 more sources

Investigating Infectious Organisms of Public Health Concern Associated with Wild Meat

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
The wild meat trade poses a significant threat to public health as it facilitates the spillover of zoonotic pathogens through high‐risk activities such as the hunting, butchering, trade, and consumption of wild animals. Despite the health risks and association with marking epidemics including SARS, Ebola, and COVID‐19, the global wild meat trade ...
Georgia Kate Moloney, Philippe Gaubert, Sophie Gryseels, Erik Verheyen, Anne-Lise Chaber, Karima Al Salihi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ectoparasite Fauna of Rodents and Shrews with Their Spatial, Temporal, and Dispersal along a Degradation Gradient in Mabira Central Forest Reserve

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Ectoparasites like fleas, mites, and ticks that are key carriers of harmful pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, cestodes, and nematodes live on rodents and shrews. It should be noted that rodents’ ecological adaptability makes them suitable as parasite hosts.
Waswa Sadic Babyesiza, Joseph Mpagi, James Ssuuna, Sisiria Akoth, Abdul Katakweba, Eric Agola Lelo   +5 more
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Limited sex differences in plastic responses suggest evolutionary conservatism of thermal reaction norms: A meta‐analysis in insects

Evolution Letters, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 394-411, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Temperature has a profound effect on the growth and development of ectothermic animals. However, the extent to which ecologically driven selection pressures can adjust thermal plastic responses in growth schedules is not well understood. Comparing temperature‐induced plastic responses between sexes provides a promising but underexploited ...
Tiit Teder, Kristiina Taits, Ants Kaasik, Toomas Tammaru   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological, molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Leptopsylla segnis and Leptopsylla taschenbergi (Siphonaptera)

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 741-754, November 2022., 2022
Abstract The taxonomic status of Leptopsyllidae family has remained controversial over the years. Thus, some entomologists placed this group of fleas within Ceratophyllidae family, considering it at level of Leptopsyllinae subfamily or even appearing as a paraphyletic group within Siphonaptera phylogeny. This fact is emphasized by the lack of molecular
Antonio Zurita, Julia Rivero, Ángela María García‐Sánchez, Rocío Callejón, Cristina Cutillas   +4 more
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Oriental Rat Flea Xenopsylla cheopsis (Rothschild, 1903) (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

EDIS, 2021
The oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild, 1903), is a member of the family Pulicidae in the order Siphonaptera. Fleas are highly specialized insects that are demonstrably successful as ectoparasites of birds and mammals (Marquardt, et al ...
Chad L. Cross, Jason L. Williams, Andrea Lucky   +2 more
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Ectoparasitic community of the Mahali mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus mahali: potential host for vectors of medical importance in South Africa

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background The endemic rodent family of Bathyergidae in Africa, particularly South Africa, are understudied as reservoirs of diseases of significant medical importance. Considering the diversity and wide distribution of African mole-rats in South Africa,
Dina M. Fagir, Nigel C. Bennett, Eddie A. Ueckermann, Alexandra Howard, Daniel W. Hart   +4 more
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The effect of substrate on survival and development of two species of desert fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Parasite, 2002
Fleas Xenopsylla conformis mycerini and Xenopsylla ramesis replace each other on the same rodent host (Meriones crassus) in two habitats that differ in substrate texture (sand and loess-like sediments, respectively). We hypothesized that the substrate is
Krasnov B.R., Khokhlova I.S., Fielden L.F., Burdelova N.V.   +3 more
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