Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 486, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Campus UFMG, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
J Med Entomol. 2012 Jan;49(1):23-8. doi: 10.1603/me11111.
Tunga bossii new species of tungid sand flea belonging to the caecata group is described with illustrations of the adult female, parasitizing the wild rodent Delomys dorsalis (Hensel) from Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Tunga bossii differs from the ten other known species of Tunginae by the size of the first segment of the maxillary palp and the presence of two bristles at the base of the maxilla. Tunga bossii also can be differentiated from other species of the T. caecata group by the eye morphology. A key to the adult species and neosomes of the genus Tunga also is included.
描述了一种属于 caecata 组的新的 tungid 沙蚤，即寄生在巴西大西洋森林中的野生啮齿动物 Delomys dorsalis（Hensel）上的 Tunga bossii。Tunga bossii 与其他十种已知的 Tunginae 物种的区别在于其第一maxillary palp 节的大小和 maxilla 基部的两根刚毛的存在。Tunga bossii 也可以通过眼睛形态与 T. caecata 组的其他物种区分开来。还包括了 Tunga 属成虫种和新体的关键特征。
