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Issue: Vol. 5351 No. 3: 27 Sept. 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-09-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.7
Page range: 389-391
Abstract views: 169
PDF downloaded: 74

Beyond the last frontier: Echidnophaga gallinacea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) infestation in a Burrowing Owl, a novel southward host in Mexico

CESIMAR; CCT Centro Nacional Patagónico - CONICET; Bvd. Brown 2825; Puerto Madryn; Chubut; Argentina.; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste; La Paz; B.C.S. México. Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195
Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera”; Departamento de Biología Evolutiva; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); CP 04510; Ciudad de México; México
Laboratorio de Acarología; Departamento de Biología Comparada; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Av. Universidad 3000; Ciudad Universitaria; C.P. 04510; Ciudad de México; México
Siphonaptera Pulicidae Mexico

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