Hybridization in North American Bird Fleas of the Genus Ceratophyllus (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae)

Autor: Allen H. Benton
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of Medical Entomology. 35:433-434
ISSN: 1938-2928
0022-2585
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.433
Popis: Evidence is presented suggesting hybridization in several species in the genus Ceratophyllus . Suspected interbreeding is reported as follows: C. idius × C. niger; C. celsus × C. scopulorum; C. celsus × C. petrochelidoni . The 1st of these was described as C. niger inflexus (Jordan, 1929). The 2nd was described as C. caldenvoodi Holland, 1979, and the 3rd has been considered a dimorphic form of C. cebus (Holland 1985).
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