Abstract
Descriptions are given of the male and female of Hechtiella lopesi sp. n., collected on Proechimys sp. and Tayra barbara from Boracéia Ecological Station, Salesópolis, São Paulo State, Brazil. The new species is discussed in relation to Hechtiella lakoi and Hechtiella nitidus, species previously included in the genus Polygenis. The name is a tribute to the late Brazilian entomologist, Prof. Hugo de Souza Lopes.
Hechtiella lopesi sp. n.; Rhopalopsyllidae; Siphonaptera; fleas; Brazil
Hechtiella lopesi sp. n. from São Paulo state, Brazil (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae)
Lindolpho Rocha Guimaräes1
Pedro Marcos Linardi2
Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, São Paulo, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, ICB, Departamento de Parasitologia, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Descriptions are given of the male and female of Hechtiella lopesi sp. n., collected on Proechimys sp. and Tayra barbara from Boracéia Ecological Station, Salesópolis, São Paulo State, Brazil. The new species is discussed in relation to Hechtiella lakoi and Hechtiella nitidus, species previously included in the genus Polygenis. The name is a tribute to the late Brazilian entomologist, Prof. Hugo de Souza Lopes.
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01 June 2009 -
Date of issue
Dec 1993
