[Bird fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): taxonomic diversity, biogeographical distribution].
If Mammals are the primary hosts of Siphonaptera, 6% of them have changed their trophic appetency for Birds. What are the reasons, what are the adaptations to be adopted by Fleas, what are the families or species groups of fleas concerned, and at last what are the host-families? As to this last question, it is clear that deviation was ecological but not phyletical.
Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Zoologie appliquée, Faculté de Médecine, 2, avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes, France. jbeaucou@univ-rennes1.fr
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*