Contribuição para o conhecimento dos sifonapteros brazileiros

Cunha, R. De Almeida

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“…Vulgarmente esses insetos são conhecidos como pulgas ("flea", "puce", "pulce", "flöh", "blokha" "pulex", "psyllos" em outros idiomas) e bichos-do-pé, estes também denominados tom, sico, tunga, pulga da areia, jatecuba, bicho-do-porco, etc (Cunha 1914).…”

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Checklist de Siphonaptera (Insecta) do Estado de São Paulo

Linardi

2011

Biota Neotrop.

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Resumo: As pulgas são insetos hematófagos na fase adulta e que atuam como agentes infestantes ou como vetores de patógenos. Seus hospedeiros são animais endotérmicos, essencialmente mamíferos e, predominantemente roedores. A sifonapterofauna do Estado de São Paulo representa 61,3% (38/62) da brasileira, sendo a mais rica quando comparada com outros estados em número de espécies ou gêneros. Algumas espécies são conhecidas apenas por um dos sexos; outras, através de pequeno número de exemplares colecionados. Quatro espécies (10,5%) são endêmicas no Estado. No Brasil, a principal coleção de pulgas está depositada no Museu de Zoologia da USP. Palavras-chave: Siphonaptera, biota paulista, Programa BIOTA/FAPESP.

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Checklist de Siphonaptera (Insecta) do Estado de São Paulo

Linardi

2011

Biota Neotrop.

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Tierische Parasiten und parasitäre Krankheiten

Mendheim

1958

Pathologie Der Laboratoriumstiere

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Neosomes of tungid fleas on wild and domestic animals

Linardi

Avelar

2014

Parasitol Res

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Tunga is the most specialized genus among the Siphonaptera because adult females penetrate into the skin of their hosts and, after mating and fertilization, undergo hypertrophy, forming an enlarged structure known as the neosome. In humans and other warm-blooded animals, neosomes cause tungiasis, which arises due to the action of opportunistic agents. Although its effects on humans and domestic animals are well described in the literature, little is known about the impact of tungiasis on wild animals. This review focuses on the morphology, taxonomy, geographical distribution, hosts, prevalence, sites of attachment, and impact of tungid neosomes on wild and domestic animals. Because neosomes are the most characteristic form of the genus Tunga and also the form most frequently found in hosts, they are here differentiated and illustrated to aid in the identification of the 13 currently known species. Perspectives for future studies regarding the possibility of discovering other sand flea species, adaptation to new hosts, and the transfer of tungids between hosts in natural and modified habitats are also presented.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00436-014-4081-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Contribuição para o conhecimento dos sifonapteros brazileiros

Cited by 5 publications

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Checklist de Siphonaptera (Insecta) do Estado de São Paulo

Checklist de Siphonaptera (Insecta) do Estado de São Paulo

Tierische Parasiten und parasitäre Krankheiten

Neosomes of tungid fleas on wild and domestic animals

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