Four new species of fleas from Mexico (Siphonaptera)

Title Variants

Alternative: New fleas from Mexico

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1598

By

Traub, Robert, 1916-1996

Johnson, Phyllis Truth 1926-
Davis, Betty S.
Wharton, George Willard, 1914-1990
Hoogstraal, Harry, 1917-1986
United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, American Museum of Natural History, [1952]

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 10, 1952."

"Diseases such as sylvatic plague, Bullis fever, and Michoacan fever have stimulated interest in the ectoparasites of Mexican rodents."

"Published under the auspices of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army."

Specimens classified as Strepsylla davisae and Monopsyllus polumus collected by Betty S. Davis; specimen classified as Strepsylla taluna collected by G.W. Wharton; specimen classified as Hystrichopsylla kris collected by the senior author in 1941 during the Fourth Hoogstraal Biological Expedition to Mexico.

Subjects

59.57,75S(72) , Classification , Fleas , Fleas as carriers of disease , Insects , Mammals , Mexico , Parasites , Parasitic insects , Rodents , Rodents as carriers of disease

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1598, 1952

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31841634