Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 96, No. 8, 2001, pp. 1169-1170
Bioline Code: oc01223
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 96, No. 8, 2001, pp. 1169-1170
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SHORT COMMUNICATION - Infestation of Rhynchopsylluspulex (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) on Molossusmolossus (Chiroptera) in Southestern Brazil
Carlos Esbérard
Abstract
The infestation of Rhynchopsylluspulex on the bat Molossusmolossus was observed using mist-nets opened between constructions in the Primatological Center, in Guapimirim, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Keywords
Rhynchopsyllus pulex, Siphonaptera, Molossus molossus, Brazil