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

Pulex irritans

(aka., Human Flea)

​Distinguishing Features: Genal and pronotal combs absent;  Front margin of head rounded;  Thorax not contracted;  Mesopleurone not divided by vertical thickening;  Ocular bristle inserted below eye;  Shape of spermatheca (1)
Pulex irritans (aka., human flea)
Pulex irritans (aka., human flea)
Pulex irritans (aka., human flea)
Pulex irritans (aka., human flea)
Pulex irritans (aka., human flea)
Pulex irritans (aka., human flea)
Spermatheca of Pulex irritans (aka., human flea)
Spermatheca of Pulex irritans (aka., human flea)

Pulex simulans

Pulex simulans flea of dog and cat
Pulex simulans flea of dog and cat

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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