The insects of Puerto Rico: Diptera,
Siphonaptera and Lepidoptera.
Additionally, the domestic pigeon is associated with more than 60 ectoparasites, including
siphonaptera and mites, it is possible that with their feathers and dust they contaminate and affect human health.
Estos ectoparasitos son insectos pequenos de 1 a 10 mm de longitud, del Phylum Arthropoda, clase Insecta, orden
Siphonaptera, familias Pulicidae y Tungidae, con varios generos y mas de 2500 especies descritas en el mundo (Cordero del Campillo et al.
A classification of the
Siphonaptera of South America, with descriptions of New Species.
Bats can be parasitised by over 600 species of arthropods belonging to the
Siphonaptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Dermaptera, and Acari (Marshall, 1982).
Five species of ectoparasites were collected during this study, including 190 American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis Say, Acari: Ixodidae), 64 fleas [63 Pulex simulans Baker, 1 Eulioplopsyllus glacialis affinis (Baker),
Siphonaptera, Pulicidae], 12 fur mites, (Didelphilichus serrifer Fain, Acari: Atopomelidae) and one chewing louse [Neotricliodectes mephiditis (Packard), Phthiraptera, Trichodectidae] (Table 1).
Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and
Siphonaptera.
The first superclade is a mecopteroid assemblage (Mecopteroidea), comprised of the Amphiesmenoptera, consisting of the well supported Lepidoptera and Trichoptera; plus the Antliophora, consisting of the internally less well supported Mecoptera,
Siphonaptera and Diptera (Kristensen, 1999).
New Delaware records for mammalian ectoparasites including
Siphonaptera host list.
Ultrastructural comparison of the midgut epithelia of fleas with different feeding behavior pattern (Xenopsylla cheopis, Echidnophaga gallinacea, Tunga penetrans,
Siphonaptera, Pulicidae).
Pseudoscorpions, a natural control of
Siphonaptera in Neotoma nests.
Arthropods collected at 5 sites in the preserve, included these 9 insect orders (with number of families on parentheses): Coleopt era (15), Diptera (12), Hymenoptera (10), Hemiptera (9), Lepidoptera (9), Homoptera (4),
Siphonaptera (2), Phasmida (1), and Mecoptera (1).
