Hectopsylla narium
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| Stephan Blank , Christian Kutzscher , Juan Masello , Robert Pilgrim & Petra Quillfeldt , 2007 |
Hectopsylla narium is a flea from the genus Hectopsylla , like the chigger to family belongs Tungidae.
features
The female is larger than the male. It lives sessile and immobile.
Way of life
The animal's habitat is unique among fleas: the flea lives in the nasal cavity and under the tongue of parrots. The scientists discovered it in chicks of the small rock parakeet on the Patagonian cliffs of Argentina .
discovery
His discovery was announced in 2007 by research groups at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell on Lake Constance , the German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg and the University of Canterbury in Christchurch ( New Zealand ).
literature
- Stephan M. Blank, Christian Kutzscher, Juan F. Masello, Robert LC Pilgrim and Petra Quillfeldt: Stick-tight fleas in the nostrils and below the tongue: evolution of an extraordinary infestation site in Hectopsylla. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 149, 1, pp. 117-137, 2007 doi : 10.1111 / j.1096-3642.2006.00239.x