Accepted scientific name:
Tunga penetrans Linnaeus, 1758 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Tunga penetrans Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms:
Rhynchoprion reptans (Illiger, 1805) (synonym)
Common names:
Common name Language Country
blokha Russian Russia
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Siphonaptera
Superfamily Pulicoidea
Family Tungidae
Genus Tunga
Distribution: Brazilian subregion, Amazonian subregion, Carribean subregion, Antillean, East-American subregion, West-American subregion; Paraguay, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Jamaica, USA, Mexico (country)
Additional data: -
Source database: Parhost, 2, Nov 2005
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Medvedev S.G., 21-Nov-2005
Online resource:
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e7d9240e-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:col20110201