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Detail information of Meringis deserti Augustson, 1953


BARCODE: LACM ENT 160702
TAXON NAME: Meringis deserti
FAMILY: Hystrichopsyllidae
ORDER: Siphonaptera
AUTHOR: Augustson
YEAR: 1953
JOURNAL INFORMATION: The flea genus Meringis in California with the description of M. californicus n.sp., and M. deserti n. sp. (Siphonaptera). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 52(3): 114
FIGURES: plate 21, figs. 2-4
DESIGNATION: Holotype
SEX / STAGE: adult male
LOCATION: Borrego Desert (possibly = Anza-Borrego Desert State Park), San Diego County
STATE / PROVINCE / DISTRICT: California
COUNTRY: USA
COLLECTION DATE: 23 November 1941
COLLECTOR: M. V. Hood
COMMENTS: Host: Ex Large Desert Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys deserti deserti (Mammalia). Slide mounted. Transferred in 1991 to LACM from USC-AHF (type no. 4110, Haig 1978).
IMAGE: Image is not available
 

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