The Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Fennoscandia and DenmarkThis book is the first comprehensive account on the flea fauna of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Totally 89 species/subspecies are treated of which 69 have been found in the region. The remainder are known from neighboring areas and may turn up. The introductory part gives a brief historical overview of the earliest literature on fleas and a more detailed account of the Scandinavian literature up to the present. This is followed by a discussion of flea-host associations in relation to distribution in a general and Scandinavian perspective. Other chapters deal with life history, medical importance, morphology and collecting/preservation of fleas, and are followed by a flea–host index. The systematic part, amply illustrated with Frans Smit’s outstanding line drawings, provides identification keys to adult fleas from family to subspecies. For each species/subspecies relevant available information on synonymy, identification, distribution, host relations and biology is given. The book concludes with a summary of the provincial distribution of fleas in Fennoscandia and Denmark, a bibliography and a taxonomic name index. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sources and acknowledgements | 2 |
Historical notes | 3 |
Life history | 5 |
Hostrelationships and distribution | 7 |
Medical and veterinary importance | 10 |
Parasites | 14 |
Morphology | 16 |
Order Siphonaptera | 30 |
Superfamily Hystrichopsylloidea | 31 |
Superfamily Ceratophylloidea | 59 |
Superfamily Vermipsylloidea | 134 |
Superfamily Pulicoidea | 137 |
Catalogue | 153 |
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Hostflea index | 177 |
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The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Gunvor Brinck-Lindroth,Smit Limited preview - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
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