| rickettsia infection in five areas of the state of são paulo, brazil. | this study investigated rickettsial infection in animals, humans, ticks, and fleas collected in five areas of the state of são paulo. eight flea species (adoratopsylla antiquorum antiquorum, ctenocephalides felis felis, polygenis atopus, polygenis rimatus, polygenis roberti roberti, polygenis tripus, rhopalopsyllus lugubris, and rhopalopsyllus lutzi lutzi), and five tick species (amblyomma aureolatum, amblyomma cajennense, amblyomma dubitatum, ixodes loricatus, and rhipicephalus sanguineus) were ... | 2007 | 18094887 |
| first report of polygenis (polygenis) roberti beebei (fox, 1947) (siphonaptera: rhopalopsyllidae) in argentina, with a new host record and morphological data. | in the present study we report the presence of polygenis (polygenis) roberti beebei (fox, 1947) for the first time in argentina (23 degrees 56's, 64 degrees 28'w, jujuy province). a new host record (the rodent oryzomys russatus) and morphological details are also presented. although the argentinean specimens fit descriptions and illustrations given previously, the only studied male differs from the specimens collected from other localities in the characteristics of its aedeagus. collections of f ... | 2003 | 14707503 |
| a review of the fleas (insecta: siphonaptera) from argentina. | the order siphonaptera comprises cosmopolitan haematophagous ectoparasites of birds and mammals. more than ten years have past since the last list of species known for argentina. herein we provide a review of the fleas from the country, which includes an updated list, host species and geographical distribution for each taxa, as well as some comments. we report 127 species and subspecies belonging to eleven different families; 42 of these species are endemic. four genera (adoratopsylla, cleopsyll ... | 2016 | 27394731 |