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Species Hectopsylla pulex

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Bat Parasite - Hectopsylla pulex Bat Parasite - Hectopsylla pulex

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Siphonaptera (Fleas)
Family Hectopsyllidae
Genus Hectopsylla
Species pulex (Hectopsylla pulex)

Range

Brazil to so. AZ(1)

Habitat

parasites of bats; in Arizona documented from the lesser long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae(1)

Works Cited

1.New distribution and host records for Hectopsylla pulex Haller (Siphonaptera, Tungidae) with notes on biology and morphology
M. E. Hastriter, et al. 2014. Zookeys; 389: 1-7.
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 25 September, 2019 - 10:12am

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