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

Xenopsylla cheopis

(aka., Oriental Rat Flea)

Distinguishing Features: Genal and pronotal combs absent;  Front margin of head rounded;  Thorax not contracted;  Mesopleurone divided by vertical rod-like thickening (i.e., mesopleuron rod);  Ocular bristle inserted in front of eye;  Shape of spermatheca (1)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Spermatheca of Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea)
Xenopsylla cheopis (aka., Oriental Rat Flea) with mesopleuron rod

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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