Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Campus UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil.
J Med Entomol. 2013 Jul;50(4):679-84. doi: 10.1603/me12221.
Tunga hexalobulata (Siphonaptera: Tungidae), new species oftungid sand flea belonging to the penetrans group, is described with illustrations of adult female parasitizing Bos indicus (L., 1758) from Brazil. It differs from the 12 other known species of Tunginae by the presence of six anterior humps in the neosome. It also can be differentiated from other species of the penetrans group by lesser size of the neosome, presence of three posterodorsally bristles in antennal segment II, and the extension of the posterior arm of the preoral internal sclerotization.
六刺巨首蚤（Siphonaptera：Tungidae），一种属于穿透群的巨首蚤属沙蚤，本文描述了该种寄生在来自巴西的印度野牛（Bos indicus（L.，1758））身上的雌性成虫，并配有插图。它与其他 12 种已知的巨首蚤属的区别在于在次生体上有六个前驼峰。它也可以通过次生体的较小尺寸、触角节 II 上有三根后背刚毛以及口内硬皮化的后臂延伸来与穿透群的其他种区分开来。
