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

Nosopsyllus sp.

(aka., Northern Rat Flea)

​Distinguishing Features: Genal comb absent;  Pronotal comb present;  Labial palps not extending beyond trochanter of first leg;  Segment 5 of hind tarsus with 5 pairs lateral plantar bristles;  Shape of spermatheca (1)
Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat Flea)
Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat Flea)
Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat Flea)
Spermatheca of Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat Flea)
Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat Flea)
Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat Flea)
Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat Flea)
Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat Flea)
Nosopsyllus sp. (aka., Northern Rat 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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