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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Pterygota > Neoptera > Holometabola > Siphonaptera > Tunga

Preferred term

Tunga  

Type

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Tunga penetrans

Note

  • infestation = TUNGIASIS; for killing Tunga with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES

Scope note

  • A genus of parasitic fleas in the family Pulicidae. They are found mainly in Africa, South America, and Central America.

History note

  • 2011

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058253

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