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We present an annotated checklist of fleas (Siphonaptera) known to occur in the state of Delaware based on an examination of Siphonaptera collections at the University of Delaware and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, as well as new specimens of fleas we collected from wildlife, other hosts, and tick flags. We review published records and compile them herein with our new records, which include 3 species previously unreported from Delaware. With these additions, there are now 18 flea species from 19 avian and mammalian hosts documented from Delaware.
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Bloodsucking lice and fleas
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of lice and fleas.
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New Data on Ectoparasites of the Caucasian Squirrel Sciurus anomalus
Sciurus anomalus Guldenstadt, 1785, known as the Caucasian squirrel, is a rodent distributed in all geographical regions of Turkiye. The material of this study consists of ectoparasites collected from male S. anomalus found dead on the highway (Karasu, Sakarya, Turkiye). As a result of microscopic examination, the specimens were identified: ticks as Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758 (larvae and nymph), sucking louses as Neohaematopinus syriacus Ferris, 1923 (female), and fleas as Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum (Schrank, 1803) (female and male). In this study, the presence of Ixodes ricinus infestation on Sciurus anomalus is reported for the first time in Turkiye.
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Bloodsucking fleas and ticks
Ticks have been long known to transmit Lyme disease. However, there are more than 800 species of tick and only two of these carry disease to humans at all! That doesn't stop tick bites from being a great annoyance, especially considering they're caused by a tick sucking your blood! Often grouped with another real-life vampire, the flea, ticks use this blood to complete their life cycle while fleas use it for food. Contains facts about the life cycle, habitat, and feeding habits of these bugs.
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New Data on Ectoparasites of the Caucasian Squirrel Sciurus anomalus Ektoparazitleri Hakkinda Yeni Veri: Olgu Sunumu
Sciurus anomalus Guldenstadt, 1785, known as the Caucasian squirrel, is a rodent distributed in all geographical regions of Turkiye. The material of this study consists of ectoparasites collected from male S. anomalus found dead on the highway (Karasu, Sakarya, Turkiye). As a result of microscopic examination, the specimens were identified: ticks as Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758 (larvae and nymph), sucking louses as Neohaematopinus syriacus Ferris, 1923 (female), and fleas as Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum (Schrank, 1803) (female and male). In this study, the presence of Ixodes ricinus infestation on Sciurus anomalus is reported for the first time in Turkiye. Keywords: Sciurus anomalus, Ixodes ricinus, Neohaematopinus syriacus, Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum, Turkiye OZ Kafkas sincabi olarak bilinen Sciurus anomalus Guldenstadt, 1785 Turkiye'nin tum cografik bolgelerinde dagilim gosteren bir rodenttir. Bu calismanin materyalini kara yolunda (Karasu, Sakarya, Turkiye) olu olarak bulunan erkek Sciurus anomalus uzerinden toplanan ektoparazitler olusturmaktadir. Mikroskobik inceleme sonunda kene ornekleri Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758 (larva ve nimf), bit ornekleri Neohaematopinus syriacus Ferris, 1923 (disi), pire ornekleri ise Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum (Schrank, 1803) (disi ve erkek) olarak tanimlanmistir. Bu calismayla birlikte Turkiye'de ilk kez Sciurus anomalus'd a Ixodes ricinus enfestasyonu tespit edilmistir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Sciurus anomalus, Ixodes ricinus, Neohaematopinus syriacus, Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum, Turkiye
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The mostly true story of Pudding Tat, adventuring cat
\"Pudding Tat is born on the Willoughby Farm in 1901--just another one of Mother Tat's kittens. But it turns out that Pudding is anything but ordinary. He is pure white with pink eyes that, though beautiful, do not see well, and hearing that is unusually acute. He finds himself drawn to the sweet sounds of the world around him--the pattering heartbeat of a nearby mouse, the musical tinkling of a distant stream. Soon the sounds of adventure call to Pudding, too. But before he can strike out into the wide world on his own, he hears a voice--coming from right inside his own ear. A flea has claimed Pudding as his host. The bossy parasite demands that Pudding take him away from the lowly barn and the drunken singing of his fellow fleas. He doesn't want adventure but a finer life--one where he can enjoy a warm bed and blood flavored not with mice, but with beef tenderloin and cream. Fortunately for this mismatched pair, the world is an extremely interesting place in 1901. Over the next decade and a half, Pudding and his flea find themselves helping to make history--a journey over Niagara Falls in a barrel, a visit to the Pan-American Exposition on the day President McKinley is shot, a luxurious stay in Manhattan with songwriter Vincent Bryan, a terrifying trip on the airship America, and a voyage on the ill-fated Titanic. Through each narrow escape, the call to adventure for the cat, and luxury for his disgruntled flea, beckons them on, right to the devastation of a World War I battlefield. Then Pudding is filled with a new longing, one that brings him, with his flea's help now, full circle and back home.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Illustrated Morphological Keys for Fleas
Madagascar has an important diversity of fleas (Siphonaptera), which almost species do not exist elsewhere. Scientists have provided huge efforts to improve knowledge on Malagasy fleas since the middle of 1900s particularly by investigating topics such as taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and flea vector role. Since then, new species discovery has increased and currently, 48 species are recorded which the majority is endemic. Therefore, it becomes necessary to have updated keys to identify species membership. This paper presents morphological-based keys to identify at genus and species levels adult fleas reported as occurring in Madagascar. Illustrations are proposed to make easier the observation of morphological criteria, which may be tricky for sibling species.
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The Fleatastics
Serafleana loves to jump, and when her family joins the traveling acrobatic troupe the Fleatastics, she dreams of having her own act. But her family wants her to be part of their parasite pyramid, and nobody gives small Serafleana the chance to show how high she can soar. Then one day, their host dog goes wild, and Serafleana finally gets the chance to prove what she can do.
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Fleas
In total, 341 feas belonging to 16 species were collected from 78 host mammals belonging to 10 species in Panama from 2010 to 2016. The cat fea, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouche) predominated on domestic dogs and was also recorded from domestic cats, the raccoon, Procyon lotor (Linnaeus) and the common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus. The largest number of fea species (7) was recorded from D. marsupialis and the most common fea on that host was the ctenophthalmid, Adoratopsylla intermedia copha Jordan. One Oriental rat fea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild), was collected from D. marsupialis. Native rodents were parasitized by indigenous ceratophyllid, rhopalopsyllid, and stephanocircid feas. The Mexican deermouse, Peromyscus mexicanus (Saussure), was parasitized by six species of ceratophyllids belonging to the mostly Central American genera, Baculomeris, Jellisonia, Kohlsia and Plusaetis. The long-tailed singing mouse, Scotinomys xerampelinus (Bangs), was parasitized by Plocopsylla scotinomi Tipton and Mendez, the only species of stephanocircid fea known from Central America. Twenty-six pools of extracted fea DNA representing 5 fea species (C. felis, Pulex echidnophagoides (Wagner), Pulex simulans Baker, A. intermedia copha, and P. scotinomi) and 79 individual feas were all real-time polymerase chain reaction negative for Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, and Bartonella henselae.
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