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Nosopsyllus fasciatus
(Rat Flea)
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Nosopsyllus fasciatus (Bosc, 1800) (Rat Flea)

Date: 12 July 2003
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 12/07/2003[E]
(Please quote this in any queries about this record)
State: Imago
Record Summary: 3 females and 1 male from debris in rat's nest in compost heap
Associated organism: in nest of Rattus norvegicus
Identification Notes: Pronotal comb: 17 teeth.
Genal comb: absent.
Female:
Bursa copulatrix is spiral and posterior margin of Sternum VII is straight.
Male:

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