Publication Type:
Journal ArticleSource:
Journal of Vector Ecology, Society for Vector Ecology, Volume 27, Issue 2, p.184-206 (2002)Call Number:
A02LEW01IDUSURL:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12546455Keywords:
flea, Oropsylla, Oropsylla arctomys, Oropsylla hirsuta, Oropsylla idahoensis, Oropsylla labis, Oropsylla montana, Oropsylla oregonensis, Oropsylla rupestris, Oropsylla tuberculata, Oropsylla washingtonensisAbstract:
The North American species of the flea genus Oropsylla are reviewed and their host/parasite relationships and distribution are discussed, as well as their role in the maintenance and transmission of sylvatic plague. Keys to the subgenera and species are presented, and illustrations of their diagnostic characteristics are included.
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ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology: Invertebrates