Introduction; Sources and acknowledgements; Historical notes; Life history; Host-relationships and distribution; Medical and veterinary importance; Parasites; Collecting and mounting; Morphology; Glossary; Abbreviations; Order Siphonaptera; Key to superfamilies and families; Superfamily Hystrichopsylloidea; Superfamily Ceratophylloidea; Superfamily Vermipsylloidea; Superfamily Pulicoidea; Catalogue; Literature; Host-flea index; Taxonomic index
Summary
This book is the first comprehensive account on the flea fauna of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Totally 89 species/subspecies are treated of which 69 have been found in the region. The remainder are known from neighboring areas and may turn up. The introductory part gives a brief historical overview of the earliest literature on fleas and a more detailed account of the Scandinavian literature up to the present. This is followed by a discussion of flea-host associations in relation to distribution in a general and Scandinavian perspective. Other chapters deal with life history, medical importance
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175), host-flea index, and taxonomic index
