A new species of chigoe flea belonging to the genus Tunga jarocki, 1838 (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae, Tunginae), Tungo trimamillata, was recently described by Pampiglione et al. (2002). A better description and more details of the epidemiology of the flea are now presented. It is a species found in goats, pigs and cattle in Santa Isabel in Andean Ecuador. This new species differs from its most similar congener, Tunga penetrans (L., 1758), by several features, the most important of which are a) the presence on the anterior extremity of the gravid female of three rounded humps surrounding the head and thorax (which, however, are not visible if viewed in profile), b) slightly larger dimensions and C) the length of the first segment of the maxillary palpi which is longer than each of the other three.

Additional description of a new species of Tunga (Siphonaptera) from Ecuador / Pampiglione, S; Trentini, M; Fioravanti, Ml; Onore, G; Rivasi, Francesco. - In: PARASITE. - ISSN 1252-607X. - STAMPA. - 10:1(2003), pp. 9-15. [10.1051/parasite/2003101p9]

Additional description of a new species of Tunga (Siphonaptera) from Ecuador

RIVASI, Francesco
2003

Abstract

A new species of chigoe flea belonging to the genus Tunga jarocki, 1838 (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae, Tunginae), Tungo trimamillata, was recently described by Pampiglione et al. (2002). A better description and more details of the epidemiology of the flea are now presented. It is a species found in goats, pigs and cattle in Santa Isabel in Andean Ecuador. This new species differs from its most similar congener, Tunga penetrans (L., 1758), by several features, the most important of which are a) the presence on the anterior extremity of the gravid female of three rounded humps surrounding the head and thorax (which, however, are not visible if viewed in profile), b) slightly larger dimensions and C) the length of the first segment of the maxillary palpi which is longer than each of the other three.
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Additional description of a new species of Tunga (Siphonaptera) from Ecuador / Pampiglione, S; Trentini, M; Fioravanti, Ml; Onore, G; Rivasi, Francesco. - In: PARASITE. - ISSN 1252-607X. - STAMPA. - 10:1(2003), pp. 9-15. [10.1051/parasite/2003101p9]
Pampiglione, S; Trentini, M; Fioravanti, Ml; Onore, G; Rivasi, Francesco
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