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

Orchopeas howardi

(aka., Squirrel Flea)

​Distinguishing Features: Genal comb absent;  Pronotal comb present;  Labial palps not extending beyond trochanter of first leg;  Segment 5 of hind tarsus with 1 pair ventral (basal) and 4 pairs lateral plantar bristles;  Shape of spermatheca (1)
Orchopeas howardi (aka., squirrel flea)
Orchopeas howardi (aka., squirrel flea)
Orchopeas howardi (aka., squirrel flea)
Spermatheca of Orchopeas howardi (aka., squirrel flea)
Orchopeas howardi (aka., squirrel flea)
Orchopeas howardi (aka., squirrel flea)
Orchopeas howardi (aka., squirrel flea)
Orchopeas howardi (aka., squirrel 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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