A New Species of Tunga (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) Parasitizing Cattle From Brazil | Zendy

Daniel Moreira de Avelar | Zendy; Elias Jorge Facury Filho | Zendy; Pedro Marcos Linardi | Zendy

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A New Species of <I>Tunga</I> (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) Parasitizing Cattle From Brazil

Author(s) -

Daniel Moreira de Avelar,

Elias Jorge Facury Filho,

Pedro Marcos Linardi

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of medical entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1938-2928

pISSN - 0022-2585

DOI - 10.1603/me12221

Subject(s) - biology , flea , bristle , zoology , anatomy , veterinary medicine , brush , medicine , electrical engineering , engineering

Tunga hexalobulata (Siphonaptera: Tungidae), new species oftungid sand flea belonging to the penetrans group, is described with illustrations of adult female parasitizing Bos indicus (L., 1758) from Brazil. It differs from the 12 other known species of Tunginae by the presence of six anterior humps in the neosome. It also can be differentiated from other species of the penetrans group by lesser size of the neosome, presence of three posterodorsally bristles in antennal segment II, and the extension of the posterior arm of the preoral internal sclerotization.

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