Redescription of Neotyphloceras crassispina hemisus Jordan (Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae: Neotyphloceratini)

Neotyphloceras crassispina hemisus Jordan is redescribed from male and female specimens collected at the type locality (Otro Cerro, Catamarca Province, Argentina) and nearby localities. New diagnostic morphological characters for both sexes are provided, which include the shape of the upper lobe of...

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Authors: Lopez Berrizbeitia, Maria Fernanda, Sánchez, Juliana Patricia, Díaz, María Mónica, Barquez, Ruben Marcos, Lareschi, Marcela
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/30329
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/30329
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Siphonapteros
Neotyphloceras
Redescripción
Argentina
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Summary:Neotyphloceras crassispina hemisus Jordan is redescribed from male and female specimens collected at the type locality (Otro Cerro, Catamarca Province, Argentina) and nearby localities. New diagnostic morphological characters for both sexes are provided, which include the shape of the upper lobe of the fixed process of clasper, the crochet of the aedeagus and the shape and chaetotaxy of the distal arm of sternum IX for males, and the contour of the distal margin of sternum VII for females.