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Issue: Vol. 3259 No. 1: 5 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3259.1.3
Page range: 51–57
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription of Neotyphloceras chilensis Jordan, new status (Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae: Neotyphloceratini)

Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, CEPAVE (CCT La Plata-CONICET-UNLP), calle 2 # 584, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, CEPAVE (CCT La Plata-CONICET-UNLP), calle 2 # 584, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, CEPAVE (CCT La Plata-CONICET-UNLP), calle 2 # 584, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Siphonaptera fleas Neotyphloceras crassispina chilensis Neotyphloceras chilensis stat. nov. taxonomy South America

Abstract

Neotyphloceras crassispina chilensis Jordan is elevated to species status based on comparison of its morphology withother species and subspecies of the genus. Neotyphloceras chilensis is redescribed from specimens from Region IV of Coquimbo, Chile. A key for identification of species and subspecies of Neotyphloceras is provided.

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