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MONSTER HUNTER'S GUIDE TO: VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
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Echidnophaga​ sp.

Echidnophaga gallinacea

(aka., Sticktight Flea, Stickfast Flea, Hen Flea)

​Distinguishing Features: Absent genal and pronotal combs;  Front margin of head angular;  Thorax contracted (1)
Echidnophaga gallinacea (aka., hen flea, stickfast flea and sticktight flea)
Echidnophaga gallinacea (aka., hen flea, stickfast flea and sticktight flea)
Echidnophaga gallinacea (aka., hen flea, stickfast flea and sticktight flea)
Echidnophaga gallinacea (aka., hen flea, stickfast flea and sticktight flea)
Echidnophaga gallinacea (aka., hen flea, stickfast flea and sticktight flea)

Sources:
(1) Zajac, Anne M., and Gary A. Conboy. Veterinary Clinical Parasitology. 8th ed., Wiley Blackwell, 2013.

© Lance Wheeler, 2018–2019

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