BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae (Curtis, 1826) (a mole flea)
| Date: | 16 March 2004 (Date may be unnatural as specimen was reared, grown or otherwise kept in captivity) |
| Location: | Berks, England |
| Voucher: | 16/03/2004[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
| State: | Male imago |
| Record Summary: | large flea from nest in plastic compost bin collected 29 Feb 04 |
| Associated organism: | in nest |
| Capture method: | nest stored and searched |
| Identification Notes: | Very large blind flea with well-developed genal and pronotal comb, and further combs on TII, TIII, TIV. |
Images etc
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Lateral view - enlarged - grey background | 498 by 500 pixels | ||
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Lateral view - enlarged - pale background | 495 by 500 pixels | ||
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Lateral view - enlarged | 409 by 500 pixels | ||
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Clasper - magnified | 500 by 352 pixels | ||
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Head and antenna - magnified | 433 by 500 pixels | ||
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Head and antenna - magnified | 423 by 500 pixels | ||
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Head and thorax - magnified | 500 by 309 pixels | ||
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Head and thorax - magnified | 500 by 302 pixels | ||
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Hind foot - magnified | 370 by 500 pixels | ||
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Sensilium - magnified | 500 by 335 pixels | ||
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Sterna IX - magnified | 500 by 370 pixels | ||
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Tergites and terminalia - magnified | 500 by 376 pixels | ||
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Tergites with combs - magnified | 500 by 288 pixels | ||
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Terminalia - magnified | 357 by 500 pixels | ||
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Terminalia - magnified | 364 by 500 pixels |
