The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark
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Publication series ：1
Author： Brinck-Lindroth Gunvor;Smit
Publisher： Brill
Publication year： 2007
E-ISBN: 9789047420750
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004151512
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789004151512
Subject： Q959.223 Crustacea
Language： ENG
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Description
This book is the first comprehensive account on the flea fauna of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Totally 89 species/subspecies are treated of which 69 have been found in the region. The remainder are known from neighboring areas and may turn up. The introductory part gives a brief historical overview of the earliest literature on fleas and a more detailed account of the Scandinavian literature up to the present. This is followed by a discussion of flea-host associations in relation to distribution in a general and Scandinavian perspective. Other chapters deal with life history, medical importance, morphology and collecting/preservation of fleas, and are followed by a flea–host index. The systematic part, amply illustrated with Frans Smit’s outstanding line drawings, provides identification keys to adult fleas from family to subspecies. For each species/subspecies relevant available information on synonymy, identification, distribution, host relations and biology is given. The book concludes with a summary of the provincial distribution of fleas in Fennoscandia and Denmark, a bibliography and a taxonomic name index.
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